Ivan Kuliak
Ivan Kuliak Иван Куляк | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ivan Vitalievich Kuliak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Vanyok, Vanya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 28 February 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Obninsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2016–present (RUS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Larisa Latynina School of Artistic Gymnastics / VFSO Dynamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Paramonov D.V., Nigmadzyanov R.G. [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ivan Vitalievich Kuliak (Russian: Иван Витальевич Куляк; born 28 February 2002) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2019 Russian Junior all-around and floor champion and the horizontal bar silver medalist.
Career
Kuliak took up gymnastics at age 4 in 2006 in Kaluga, Russia, when his mother enrolled him in gymnastics classes. [1]
In 2019 Kuliak became the Russian Junior all-around and floor champion and the silver medalist on horizontal bar.
He represented Russia at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival and won the silver medal in the individual all-around, a bronze on floor and still rings and a silver medal as part of the Russian team.[2] In 2019 he received the title Master of Sports.
2022 World Cup controversy
In March 2022, Kuliak wore a "Z" sticker on his chest during the medal ceremony of the parallel bars competition at the 2022 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series in Doha.[3] "Z", a letter which is not part of the Cyrillic alphabet, is commonly used by Russian invading forces in Ukraine and means za pobedy (for victory). Kuliak displayed the symbol while standing on the podium next to a Ukrainian athlete, Illia Kovtun, who won the event.[4] The FIG prior to the competitions decided to exclude Russian athletes from the competitions, but the prohibition only entered in force on 7 March.[5]
On 6 March the FIG announced that they will ask the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation to open disciplinary proceedings against Kuliak.[6] In a subsequent interview, on Tuesday 8 March, Kuliak said that he had no regrets and would "do exactly the same".[7]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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Junior | |||||||||
2014 | Olympic Hopes Russia | ||||||||
2015 | Hope of Russia | 5 | 6 | ||||||
Olympic Hopes Russia | 5 | 4 | |||||||
Youth Spartakiad | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | |||||
Kaluga Region Governor’s Cup | |||||||||
2016 | Youth Spartakiad | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
Kaluga Region Governor‘s Cup | |||||||||
2017 | Central Federal Championships | 6 | 8 | ||||||
Russian Junior Championships (CMS) | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 | |||||
Prize of the Olympic Champion A. Nemov | 8 | ||||||||
Youth Spartakiad | 4 | 15 | 8 | 8 | |||||
Kaluga Region Governor’s Cup | |||||||||
2018 | Central Federal Championships | 5 | |||||||
Russian Junior Championships | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
Summer Youth Spartakiad | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |||||
Sport School Championships | 7 | ||||||||
Voronin Junior Cup | 5 | ||||||||
2019 | Russian Junior Championships | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||
Hope of Russia | |||||||||
Memorial Erminio Visconti | |||||||||
Junior World Championships | 9 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
Euro Youth Olympic Festival | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |||||
Central Federal Championships | |||||||||
Senior | |||||||||
2020 | Central Federal Championships | 5 | |||||||
2021 | Central Federal Championships | 6 | |||||||
National Championships | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | |||||
Russian Cup | 12 | ||||||||
Kaluga Region Governor’s Cup | 7 | 7 | |||||||
2022 | |||||||||
Doha World Cup |
References
- ^ a b c [1]. gymnastics.sport
- ^ [2]. europeangymnastics.com
- ^ "Russian gymnast investigated for wearing pro-war symbol on podium next to Ukrainian". BBC News Online. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian gymnast stands on the podium with symbol supporting invasion of Ukraine on chest". Marca. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus". gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "FIG adopts further measures against Russia and Belarus". gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (8 March 2022). "Unrepentant gymnast Ivan Kuliak would show 'Z' insignia for Russia again". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
External links
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- Ivan Kuliak at FIG (licence)
- Ivan Kuliak on Instagram
- Ivan Kuliak profile (in Russian)