Illia Yuriiovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; born 10 August 2003)[1] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 World all-around silver medalist and 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. Kovtun also won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics on parallel bars. At the European Championships he is the 2023 European champion on parallel bars as well as a one-time silver medalist (2022 parallel bars) and a three-time bronze medalist (2021 and 2023 all-around, 2023 horizontal bar). Additionally he is a two-time junior world championships medalist.
Junior gymnastics career
2018
Kovtun competed at the 2018 European Championships where he helped Ukraine finish fifth in the team finals. Individually he won the junior title on the parallel bars.[2]
2019
Kovtun competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where he placed first in the junior all-around division. He was selected to represent Ukraine at the inaugural junior World Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi and Volodymyr Kostiuk. Together they finished second as a team behind Japan. Individually he won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Shinnosuke Oka and Ryosuke Doi. During event finals Kovtun finished sixth on pommel horse and fourth on parallel bars.[1][3][4]
Kovtun next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, again alongside Chepurnyi and Kostiuk. They won gold as a team and individually Kovtun won gold in the all-around and on parallel bars and horizontal bar; additionally he won silver on floor exercise behind Chepurnyi.
Kovtun competed at the 2020 European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey. While there he led the Ukrainian junior team to gold.[5][6] Individually he won gold in the all-around and on pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars.[6][7] He also won the silver medal in the junior vault event.[8]
Senior gymnastics career
2021
Kovtun turned senior in 2021 and made his senior international debut at the 2021 European Championships. He won the bronze medal in the all-around competition behind Nikita Nagornyy and David Belyavskiy. Kovtun next competed at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Cairo; he picked up five gold medals and two bronze medals.
Due to the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Kovtun was age-eligible to compete at them in 2021. He was named to represent Ukraine alongside Petro Pakhnyuk, Ihor Radivilov, and Yevhen Yudenkov. They qualified to the team final and individually Kovtun qualified to the all-around final. During the team final Kovtun competed on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar, contributing towards Ukraine's seventh-place finish. During the all-around final Kovtun finished 11th.
After the Olympic Games Kovtun returned to competition at the World Challenge Cups in Koper and Mersin where he picked up an additional gold and bronze medal and three silvers. He ended up winning the series titles on floor exercise, pommel horse, and parallel bars.[9]
Kovtun competed at the Cottbus World Cup in February. On the first day of qualifications Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Kovtun's home country of Ukraine. Despite news of the ongoing war, Kovtun won gold on parallel bars and silver on pommel horse and finished fourth and fifth on floor exercise and horizontal bar respectively.[12] Kovtun next competed at the Doha World Cup where he qualified to all six apparatus event finals. On the first day of event finals he won silver on floor exercise behind Artem Dolgopyat and placed fifth and sixth on pommel horse and rings respectively. On the second day of event finals he won gold on parallel bars and bronze on horizontal bar behind Alexander Myakinin and Robert Tvorogal and placed sixth on vault.[13]
Kovtun became "an unwitting symbol of resilience and dignity"[14] when, during the medal ceremony for the parallel bars, Russian gymnast and bronze medalist Ivan Kuliak taunted Kovtun by wearing a Z on his chest - a symbol of support for the Russian invasion. Kovtun did not visibly react to the taunt, and Kuliak was heavily sanctioned by the International Gymnastics Federation.[15][16] At the Cairo World Cup Kovtun won his third consecutive gold medal on the parallel bars.[17] Kovtun finished the World Cup circuit competing at the Baku World Cup. He won his fourth consecutive gold medal on the parallel bars, completing a clean sweep of the titles. Additionally he won the bronze on horizontal bar.[18]
Due to the ongoing war, Kovtun did not return to Ukraine. His team was given shelter by gymnastics clubs in European countries where they could train in exile and prepare for future competitions. For the first couple of days, the refugees were hosted by Blau-Weiss Buchholz, a German club,[19] before they spent the next two months in the Palestra Ginnastica Ferrara in Italy.[20][21] From their temporary training places the team participated in national and international competitions. Kovtun competed several times for the Monaco gymnastics club in the French league.[22] In the middle of June 2022, the group of about 15 people including coaches and few family members moved to a gym in Osijek, Croatia.
Kovtun and his team
Horizontal bar
Still rings
Cleaning up the gym hall
Kovtun in a training session in the Italian exile (more photos)
In August Kovtun competed at the European Championships. On the first day of competition he finished eleventh in the all-around and helped Ukraine finish ninth as a team during qualifications. Although they didn't qualify for the team final they qualified a whole team to compete at the upcoming World Championships. Individually Kovtun qualified for the floor exercise and parallel bars finals. During the floor exercise final Kovtun finished fifth. During the parallel bars final Kovtun recorded the highest score, a 15.333, but lost a tie-break to Joe Fraser of the United Kingdom and took home the silver medal.[23] At the Szombathely Challenge Cup Kovtun earned gold on both floor exercise and parallel bars.[24]
In late October through early November Kovtun competed at the World Championships. While there he qualified to the all-around final and was the first reserve for the parallel bars final. He finished seventh in the all-around.[25] He next competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial where he placed first in the four-event all-around despite a rough start on floor exercise.[26]
2023
Kovtun competed at the World Cups in Cottbus, Doha, and Baku. He won gold on parallel bars in Cottbus and Doha and silver in Baku behind Carlos Yulo. Additionally he won silver on floor exercise behind Milad Karimi in Baku. At the European Championships Kovtun became the European Champion on parallel bars, which is his first major title in his senior career. Additionally he won bronze in the all-around and on horizontal bar.[27][28][29] At the Cairo World Cup Kovtun won gold on floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar and picked up bronze on pommel horse.[30]
In October Kovtun competed at the 2023 World Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi, Igor Radivilov, Radomyr Stelmakh, and Oleg Verniaiev. During qualifications they finished twelfth as a team and qualified a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games. Individually Kovtun qualified to the all-around and parallel bar finals. During the all-around final Kovtun finished second behind reigning World Champion Daiki Hashimoto.[31] In winning the silver medal, Kovtun set the record for Ukraine's highest all-around placement at the World Championships, beating the record Verniaiev set in 2019 and Kovtun himself matched in 2021.[32] During the parallel bars final Kovtun finished fifth.
2024
Kovtun competed at the World Cups in Cairo, Cottbus, and Baku; he won gold on the parallel bars at each competition.[33][34][35] He next competed at the Osijek Challenge Cup where he won gold on floor exercise and silver on parallel bars behind Lukas Dauser.[36] In late April Kovtun competed at the European Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi, Igor Radivilov, Radomyr Stelmakh, and Oleg Verniaiev; together they qualified to the team final in first place and individually Kovtun qualified to the parallel bars and horizontal bars finals. Additionally Kovtun finished sixth in the all-around. During event finals Kovtun won gold on both apparatuses.[37] During the team final Kovtun contributed scores on pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar towards Ukraine's first place finish.[38]
Kovtun competed at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Chepurnyi, Radivilov, Stelmakh, and Verniaiev. During the qualification round Kovtun helped Ukraine qualify to the team final and individually he qualified to the all-around, floor exercise, and parallel bars finals. During the team final Kovtun contributed scores on all apparatuses except vault towards Ukraine's fifth place finish.[39] During the all-around final Kovtun competed cleanly on all six apparatuses, finishing the event in fourth place, just 0.199 points behind bronze medalist Xiao Ruoteng.[40] In the parallel bars final Kovtun earned a score of 15.500 to win the silver medal behind reigning Olympic parallel bars champion Zou Jingyuan.[41]
In late 2024, rumors began that Kovtun was considering changing his citizenship to Croatia due to problems with the Ukrainian gymnastics federation. [42] It was later confirmed that Kovtun had indeed made the change,[43] potentially triggering a year-long non-compete clause, and that Kovtun's name had been left off the roster for the Ukrainian national team.[44]
Personal life
Kovtun was born in Cherkasy on 10 August 2003. His parents enrolled him in gymnastics classes at the age of three, which he attended with his older sister. He speaks both Ukrainian and Russian, and his hobbies include helping other people, recreational activities, and listening to music. His gymnastics heroes include fellow Ukrainians Oleg Verniaiev and Igor Radivilov, both of whom have also competed in the Olympic Games. His personal philosophy is reported to be, "Enjoy the moment, here and now."[45]
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