1. Denis Ablyazin is three-time European vault champion, the 2014 European champion on floor and rings and the 2014 World Champion on floor.
22 Facts About Denis Ablyazin
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Denis Ablyazin was born on 3 August 1992 in Penza, Russia.
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In September 2016, Denis Ablyazin married Ksenia Semyonova, a Russian former gymnast who won two world titles.
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Denis Ablyazin contributed scores of a 15.033 on floor, 15.000 on rings and 16.266 on vault toward the Russian team's fourth-place finish.
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In May, Denis Ablyazin was selected, alongside Emin Garibov, David Belyavskiy, Anton Golotsutskov and Aleksandr Balandin to represent Russia at the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, France.
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Denis Ablyazin contributed scores of a 15.266 on floor, 15.241 on rings and 16.066 on vault toward Russia's second-place finish.
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Denis Ablyazin won two bronze medals in the rings and vault finals, scoring a 15.433 on rings and 16.062 on vault.
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Denis Ablyazin competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around.
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Denis Ablyazin was the only Russian male artistic gymnast to win two medals, a bronze on floor and a silver on vault behind Yang Hak-Seon of South Korea, at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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At the start of the season, Denis Ablyazin competed at the World Cup in Cottbus, Germany and placed first in the rings and floor finals.
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Denis Ablyazin contributed scores of 15.833 on floor, 15.500 on rings and 15.366 on vault towards Russia's gold with a total score of 267.959, ahead of Great Britain.
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Denis Ablyazin placed first in all individual finals he qualified for, winning gold on floor with a score of 15.700, and scoring 15.800 on rings with a total of 15.150 on vault.
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Denis Ablyazin won a total of four gold medals making him the most successful gymnast in the entire 2014 European Championships.
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Denis Ablyazin was the first gymnast to win four gold medals in a single European Championships since Marian Dragulescu in 2004.
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In October, Denis Ablyazin competed at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China and helped the Russian team to a fifth-place finish.
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Denis Ablyazin took home the bronze medal on rings too with a score of 15.700.
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Denis Ablyazin took a hiatus after the Olympic season to recover from sustained ankle injuries and spent time with his new son Yaroslav.
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Denis Ablyazin placed sixth on rings, and his team won first overall.
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At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Denis Ablyazin competed with the Russian Olympic Committee team, which featured Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, Artur Dalaoyan, and Nikita Nagornyy.
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Denis Ablyazin competed on floor, rings, and vault.
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Denis Ablyazin defended his silver medal on the individual vault event for a second time with a final score of 14.783, a number which tied for the highest score.
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Denis Ablyazin was positioned lower than Shin Jea-hwan of South Korea on a tie-breaking criteria, similarly to the individual floor final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London when he posted the second highest final score of 15.800 but tie-breaking rules awarded him the bronze medal behind Kohei Uchimura of Japan.