21 Facts About Matvei Petrov

Matvei Sergeyevich Petrov is a Russian-born Albanian artistic gymnast.

Matvei Petrov is the 2020 European Champion on the pommel horse, and he is Albania's first European medalist.

Matvei Petrov represented Albania at the 2020 Summer Olympics and was the first reserve for the pommel horse final after finishing tenth in the qualification round.

Matvei Petrov competed at the 2006 Junior European Championships and won three medals.

Matvei Petrov helped the Russian team win the silver medal three-tenths of a point behind Germany.

Matvei Petrov won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind British gymnast Louis Smith, and he won the bronze medal on the horizontal bar.

Matvei Petrov then won three more medals at the 2008 Junior European Championships.

Individually, Matvei Petrov won another silver medal on the pommel horse behind Daniel Keatings, and he won the bronze medal on the still rings.

At the 2010 Russian Championships, Matvei Petrov won the gold medal on the pommel horse and the bronze medal with the Central Federal District team.

At the 2013 European Championships, Matvei Petrov finished thirteenth on the pommel horse in the qualification round.

Matvei Petrov was selected to compete at the 2013 World Championships, and he qualified for the pommel horse event final where he finished seventh.

Matvei Petrov initially retired from gymnastics after not being selected for the 2016 Russian Olympic team.

Matvei Petrov then moved to Prague to work as a coach, but he began training again in his spare time.

Matvei Petrov made his debut for Albania at the 2018 Grand Prix of Brno, a mixed-pairs team competition where he won the gold medal with Dutch teammate Neto Tanishaley.

Matvei Petrov only competed on the pommel horse at the 2019 European Championships and finished thirtieth in the qualification round.

In October 2020, Matvei Petrov competed at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup and won the bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Nariman Kurbanov and Robert Seligman, and he finished sixth on the parallel bars.

At the 2021 European Championships in Basel, Matvei Petrov finished twentieth on the pommel horse in the qualification round and did not qualify for the final.

Matvei Petrov then won the gold medal on the pommel horse at the 2021 Osijek World Challenge Cup.

Matvei Petrov received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Matvei Petrov only competed on the pommel horse where he finished tenth in the qualification round with a score of 14.733 which made him the first reserve for the event final.

Matvei Petrov represented Albania at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.