Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
15 Facts About Nikolai Kuksenkov
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Nikolai Kuksenkov competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he placed fourth in the all-around and fourth with the team.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov was a member of the junior Ukrainian team that won team gold at the European Championships.
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In 2008, he finished 4th in all-around at the 2008 European Championships, Nikolai Kuksenkov missed qualifying in the Ukrainian Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics because of an injury where he underwent surgery and took a while for the recovery.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov won gold in All-around and silver in Horizontal Bar at the 2011 Summer Universiade.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov won bronze medal in All-around at the 2011 European Championships.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov competed for Ukraine's national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around and the Men's artistic individual all-around.
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In December 2012, Nikolai Kuksenkov decided to switch to the Russian team.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov won gold medal in Pommel Horse and defended his All-around title in Kazan winning another gold medal.
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At the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, Nikolai Kuksenkov competed along teammates with Team Russia finishing 5th in the Team Final.
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In June 2015, Nikolai Kuksenkov competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in the Team Competition.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov was temporarily suspended from Competition, however On April 13, the World Anti-Doping Agency gave amnesty to athletes with the presence of less than 1 microgram of meldonium in doping samples in tests conducted on athletes before March 1,2016 is acceptable, WADA cites due to uncertainties and lack of studies for how long meldonium stays in the body.
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At the 2016 European Championships in May, Nikolai Kuksenkov competed on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar to help the Russia team gold with a score of 271.378.
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Nikolai Kuksenkov won his first Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Team event.
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In December 2019, Nikolai Kuksenkov announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics in an Instagram post, stating that he would start working as a coach for the National Russian team.