David Belyavskiy

David Belyavskiy
— Gymnast —
File:2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Floor - David Belyavskiy 02.jpg David Belyavskiy at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France.
Personal information
Full name	David Sagitovich Belyavskiy
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1992-02-23) February 23, 1992 Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia
Residence	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Elite
Club	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg
Assistant coach(es)	Valery Alfosov
Eponymous skills	Parallel Bars: Piked double front dismount
Medal record Representing Russia Men's Artistic gymnastics European Games 2015 Baku Team 2015 Baku Parallel Bars 2015 Baku Floor Exercise European Championships 2013 Moscow All-Around 2014 Sofia Team 2016 Bern Team 2016 Bern Parallel Bars 2012 Montpellier Team 2014 Sofia Parallel Bars 2015 Montpellier All-Around 2015 Montpellier Floor Exercise 2016 Bern Pommel Horse 2013 Moscow Parallel Bars 2016 Bern Horizontal Bar Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Team 2013 Kazan Parallel Bars 2013 Kazan All-Around 2013 Kazan Floor Exercise

David Sagitovich Belyavskiy (Russian: Давид Сагитович Белявский; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2013 European All-around champion, the 2015 European All-around silver medalist and the 2016 European Parallel Bars Champion.

Personal life

Belyavskiy was born in Votkinsk, Udmurtia. His parents died early in his life and he was raised by his grandparents, growing up in a boarding school. He attended Ural State University.

Career

Belyavskiy competed in his first World Championships in 2010, and finished 6th in all-around at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

2012

Belyavskiy won the Russian Cup All-around in 2012. He was part of the Russian Team that competed at the 2012 Europeans where they won the silver medal. Belyavskiy then competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th in the All-around Finals and 7th in the Pommel Horse final. He won bronze in the all-around at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup.

2013

Belyavskiy began his 2013 season by winning the Russian National All-around title. Later, he became the 2013 European individual all-around champion with an overall score of 89.799 points edging out British gymnast Max Whitlock for the gold. He won bronze at the Parallel Bars final and placed 5th on floor.

Belyavskiy, alongside the Russian team (Nikolai Kuksenkov, Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin and Nikita Ignatyev) won Russia the team gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan. He won the all-around bronze medal ( tied with Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Verniaiev ). At the event finals, he won silver in the Parallel Bars Final behind compatriot Emin Garibov and bronze on Floor.

Roughly a week before the 2013 World Championships Belyavskiy sustained an ankle injury. He went on to compete at the World Championships however only qualified to the All Around final in 14th place, coming 12th in the final.

2014

On May 19-25, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia Belyavskiy contributed scores of 15.466 (floor), 13.200 (pommel horse), 15.166 (vault), 15.266 (parallel bar) and 14.600 (horizontal bar) for Russia and along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov) won Russia the Team Event gold medal with a total score of 267.959 ahead of Great Britain. In event finals, he won silver on parallel bars (15.566) behind Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev

At the World Championships in Nanning, China, Belyavskiy qualified 2nd into the All Around Final, as well as qualifying to the High bar Final and Team Final. Belyavskiy competed on Floor, Pommel Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars and High Bar to help the Russian team of Belyavskiy, Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Daniil Kazachkov and Ivan Stretovich to a 5th place finish in the Team Final. He also placed 5th in the All Around Final, scoring 89.765, and 5th in the High Bar Final, scoring 14.733.

2015

In 2015 Belyavskiy won his 3rd consecutive national All-Around title.

At the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France, Belyavskiy had a rough time in the qualifications round, qualifying 6th to the All Around Final and 3rd to the Floor Final, but did not make any other finals. In the All Around Final, he suffered a fall on Pommel Horse in the second rotation, but made a comeback to win the silver medal with 88.131, behind Oleg Verniaiev. Belyavskiy also won silver in the Floor Final behind Great Britain's Kristian Thomas with a score of 15.066.

In June, Belyavskiy competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in the Team Competition. Due to a wrist injury he did not compete in the All Around, but he qualified to the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars finals. He won the bronze medal in the floor final with a score of 15.000, placed fourth in the pommel horse final with a score of 13.900, and won the silver medal in the parallel bars final with a score 0f 15.700, only 0.033 points behind gold medalist Oleg Stepko.

At the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow Belyavskiy competed on all 6 events in the Team Final to help the Russian Team to finish in 4th place. In the All Around Final he placed 11th with a score of 88.031 after a fall on vault.

2016

At the 2016 Russian National Championships Belyavskiy won a gold medal with his team. After the first day he was leading the All Around competition with a score of 90.367 however on the second day he suffered multiple falls and mistakes to place 4th score 86.266, giving him a total of 176.633 to win the bronze medal behind Nikolai Kuksenkov and Nikita Nagornyy.

In May, Belyavskiy competed at the 2016 European Championships. In qualifying he competed on every even except rings to help Russia qualify in first place to the team final, as well as qualifying himself to 4 event finals: floor, pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar. In the team final, Belyavskiy again competed on every event except rings, scoring a 15.166 on floor, a 15.433 on pommel horse, 15.233 on vault, 15.933 on parallel bars and 14.733 on high bar, helping Russia to win Team Gold with a score of 271.378, nearly 3 points ahead of Great Britain. In event finals he became European Champion on Parallel Bars with a score of 16.033, ahead of 2014 World Champion Oleg Verniaiev. He also placed won bronze on High Bar (14.941), silver on Pommel Horse (15.233) and placed 4th on floor (15.200), making him the most decorated gymnast at the European Championships. He was also awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance.

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2010	National Championships	2nd	6th				2nd	3rd	5th
	Russian Cup		4th	1st	8th		2nd	5th	5th
	World Championships	6th
2011	National Championships	5th
	Russian Cup		4th	6th	2nd			8th
	World Championships	4th	6th
2012	National Championships	7th	4th	3rd	8th			1st
	European Championships	2nd
	Olympic Games	6th	5th		7th
2013	National Championships	5th	1st	2nd	5th			1st
	European Championships		1st	5th				3rd
	Universiade	1st	3rd	3rd				2nd
	World Championships		12th
2014	National Championships	1st	1st	3rd	2nd			1st	2nd
	European Championships	1st		8th				2nd
	World Championships	5th	5th						5th
2015	National Championships	2nd	1st	4th	2nd			1st	7th
	European Championships		2nd	2nd
	European Games	1st		3rd	4th			2nd
	World Championships	4th	11th
2016	National Championships	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	4th		1st	5th
	European Championships	1st		4th	2nd			1st	3rd

External links

• David Belyavskiy at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• David Belyavskiy Sports Bio
• Gymnastics Results