16 Facts About Alexei Bondarenko

Alexei Bondarenko was born on August 23,1978 and is a gymnast who competed for Russia from 1996 to 2004.

Alexei Bondarenko made his international debut in the 1996 European Junior Championships at 17 where he won the gold medal in the all-around.

Alexei Bondarenko won a silver on parallel bars, and was 10th in the all around and 8th on floor exercise.

Alexei Bondarenko was fourth in the all-around at the 2000 European Championships leading into the 2000 Olympics and was considered a good contender for several medals in the Olympics.

Alexei Bondarenko was seventh in the all-around and won a silver on vault.

Alexei Bondarenko won a silver in the all-around in the 2000 American Cup and the 2000 World Stars in Moscow.

Alexei Bondarenko was seventh in the all-around in the 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games, and won a bronze medal on floor exercise, and was a finalist on pommel horse, still rings, vault and parallel bars.

Alexei Bondarenko won the all-around in the 2004 Russian Cup in Moscow leading into the Olympics.

Alexei Bondarenko entered the 2004 Olympics with a fledgling Russian men's team that did not have the depth of the 1996 gold medal-winning team.

Alexei Bondarenko entered the competition as the reigning Olympic silver medalist and was expected to be a medal contender.

Alexei Bondarenko was carried off the stadium on a stretcher.

Alexei Bondarenko recovered from his back injury and continued to compete.

Alexei Bondarenko was sixth in the Russian Championships on 2005 and was seventh on vault at the DTB World Cup in Stuttgart.

Alexei Bondarenko was sixth in the Russian Cup in the same year.

Alexei Bondarenko was a member of the 2006 men's team in the World Championships.

Alexei Bondarenko tried out for the 2008 Olympic team, but, like Yelena Zamolodchikova for the women, did not make the cut at the Olympic trials.