Nazar Chepurnyi

Nazar Vyacheslavovich Chepurnyi (Ukrainian: Назар Вячеславович Чепурний; born 3 September 2002)[1] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Nazar Chepurnyi
Назар Чепурний
Chepurnyi in 2018
Personal information
Full nameNazar Vyacheslavovich Chepurnyi
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002
Cherkasy
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Levelsenior international elite
Years on national team2016–present (UKR)
ClubOlympia Youth Sports School
Head coach(es)Iryna Volodymyrivna Nadyuk
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Men's artistic gymnastics
Junior World Championships
2019 Győr Horizontal bar
2019 Győr Team
2019 Győr Floor
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Vault
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 3 0
World Challenge Cup 2 0 1
Total 3 3 1
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Career

2016

Chepurnyi competed at the junior European Championships held in Bern, Switzerland.[2]

2018

Chepurnyi competed at the Ukraine International Cup where he placed first in the all-around. He competed at the junior European Championships alongside Illia Kovtun, Vladyslav Hrynevych, Dmytro Shyshko, and Roman Vashchenko where he helped Ukraine finish fifth as a team; he finished ninth in the all-around. Chepurnyi next competed at Gymnasiade in Marrakesh. He finished second in the all-around behind Diogo Soares and third on rings but won the gold medal on horizontal bar.[3] He also won the bronze medal in the rings and the silver medal in the all-around event.[3]

Chepurnyi was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. He was part of the mixed multi-discipline team that won gold. He qualified to four individual finals: the all-around, floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars. He finished sixth in the all-around and fourth on both floor exercise and parallel bars. He won the silver medal on vault behind Brandon Briones.[4][5]

Floor exercise
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Nazar Chepurnyi at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

2019

Chepurnyi competed at the Ukraine International Cup and the Ukrainian Championships where he finished second in the all-around behind Illia Kovtun. He was selected to compete at the inaugural junior World Championships in Győr alongside Kovtun and Volodymyr Kostiuk. While there Chepurnyi helped Ukraine finish second behind Japan and individually he placed seventh in the all-around. He qualified to three event finals: floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. He won the bronze on floor exercise behind Ryu Sung-hyun and Félix Dolci, finsihed seventh on parallel bars, and won the gold medal on the horizontal bar.[1][6][7] He next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. He, alongside Kovtun and Kostiuk, won the gold medal in the team competition. Chepurnyi placed sixth in the all-around and fourth on vault but won three individual medals: gold on floor exercise and pommel horse and silver on rings behind Mukhammadzhon Iakubov.[8]

Pommel horse
Horizontal bar
Floor exercise
Nazar Chepurnyi at the 2019 Junior World Championships

2021

Chepurnyi competed at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Cairo. He won the gold medal on vault at each and also won a bronze medal on pommel horse in Cairo. He ended up winning the 2020–2021 series title on vault.[9] Chepurnyi was selected to compete at the World Championships; he qualified to the vault final in first place. However, during the event final he crashed his second vault and finished seventh.

2022

Chepurnyi competed at the Cottbus World Cup in February. On the first day of qualifications Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Chepurnyi's home country of Ukraine. Despite news of the war he won silver on vault behind Artur Davtyan.[10] Chepurnyi next competed at the Doha World Cup where he once again won silver on vault behind Davtyan.[11] At the Cairo World Cup Chepurnyi won his third consecutive silver medal on vault behind Davtyan.[12] Chepurnyi finished the World Cup circuit competing at the Baku World Cup where he won his long awaited gold on vault.[13]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2014
Kyiv Open Championships
2015 Ukrainian Championships
«Dnipro Waves» Championships
Beresh Cup
2016
European Junior Championships71056
International Junior Team Cup9
2017 Barborka Cup4
Ukraine International Cup
Junior Japan International1156
2018 Ukraine International Cup
European Junior Championships59
Gymnasiade 44
President's Cup4
Youth Summer Olympics Qualifier12
Youth Summer Olympics644
Swiss Cup Juniors
2019 Ukraine International Cup
Ukrainian Championships
Junior World Championships77
Euro Youth Olympic Festival64
Senior
2020 Ukrainian Championships29
2021 Ukrainian Championships564
Ukraine International Cup7
Varna Challenge Cup
Cairo Challenge Cup4
World Championships7
Sport School Championships
2022Cottbus World Cup
Doha World Cup
Cairo World Cup7
Baku World Cup

References

  1. "2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". FIG. Retrieved 22 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Junior Team Competition" (PDF). 2016 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "2018 Gymnasiade Men's Results". The Gymternet. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  4. Penny, Brandon (14 October 2018). "After Just Missing Youth Olympic Podium 4 Times, Gymnast Brandon Briones Scores Vault Gold Medal". Team USA. Retrieved 22 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Pavitt, Michael (14 October 2018). "Argentina and Malaysia secure hockey5s titles at Buenos Aires 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 May 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Payne, Ned (30 June 2019). "Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. Etchells, Daniel (29 June 2019). "Gold medals shared five ways on first day of apparatus finals at Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 April 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Men's Results". The Gymternet. 1 August 2019.
  9. "Kovtun and Derek triumph with World Challenge Cup Series titles". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2021.
  10. "Two titles for Ukrainian gymnasts as Cottbus kicks off World Cup season". International Gymnastics Federation. 28 February 2022.
  11. "Illia Kovtun wins gold, silver and bronze at the World Cup in Doha". International Gymnastics Federation. 7 March 2022.
  12. "Armenia and Ukraine win double gold at World Cup of Cairo". International Gymnast. 20 March 2022.
  13. "Kovtun's fourth consecutive title leads Ukraine to distinction at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 April 2022.
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