Yevhen Yudenkov
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| Full name | Yevhen Viktorovych Yudenkov | |||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Yevgen Yudenkov | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Zhenya | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1993 Donetsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Andriy Khrustaliov | |||||||||||||||||
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Yevhen Viktorovych Yudenkov (Ukrainian: Євген Вікторович Юденков; born 10 April 1993)[1] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the team event at the 2020 European Championships.
Gymnastics career
At the 2016 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup, Yudenkov won silver medals on both the still rings and the parallel bars.[2] He began the 2017 season with a bronze medal on the still rings at the Baku World Cup.[3] He advanced to the all-around final at the 2017 European Championships and finished 15th.[4] He then won a silver medal with the Ukrainian team at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Individually, he finished sixth in the all-around final and eighth in the parallel bars final.[5] He then won a bronze medal on the still rings at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.[6]
Yudenkov missed the 2018 European Championships, and the majority of the 2018 season, due to shoulder surgery.[7][8] He competed in the all-around final at the 2019 European Championships and finished 19th.[9] At the 2019 World Championships, he helped Ukraine finish eighth in the team final and qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
Yudenkov became a European champion in the team competition at the 2020 European Championships in Mersin, Turkey.[10] Additionally, he placed fifth in the pommel horse and still rings finals.[11] At the 2020 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, he won bronze medals on the still rings and parallel bars.[12]
Yudenkov was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Illia Kovtun, Igor Radivilov, and Petro Pakhnyuk,[13] and they finished seventh in the team final.[14]
Yudenkov left Ukraine in April 2022 due to the Russian invasion and began training in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France.[15]
References
- ^ "Yudenkov Yevhen Viktorovych". Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Malaysian women surprise at Ljubljana World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 March 2017). "2017 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "29th Summer Universiade 2017 Main Results". International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold". International Gymnastics Federation. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Yudenkov Yevgen - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Verniaiev: We showed it to everyone who didn't believe in us". Gymnovosti. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Ukrainian gymnasts became European champions in team competition". sport.ua. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "34th European Championships in Men's Artistic Gymnastics Mersin, Turkey 2020 December 9-13". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Gymnastics is back! Ten nations make podiums at Szombathely World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Bregman, Scott (9 July 2021). "Oleg Verniaiev left out of Ukraine team for Tokyo Games". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Team Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Laroche, Charlotte (5 May 2022). "Yevgen Yudenkov, la gymnastique comme exutoire" [Yevgen Yudenkov, gymnastics as an outlet]. SpotGym (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
