Ivan Alexeyevich Stretovich (russian: Иван Алексеевич Стретович; born 6 October 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Competitive history

Career

Stretovich started gymnastics at six years old when his mother took him to a gym club. He won gold at his first competition. He trains in

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, with the other members of the Russian team, and in Novosibirsk. His gymnastics idol is

Hiroyuki Tomita Hiroyuki Tomita (Japanese: 冨田洋之; born November 21, 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita won three Olympic medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. Personal life Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight

Junior

Stretovich appeared in his first major international competition at the 2012 European Junior Championships where the Russian Team won the silver medal, he was the youngest member of the Team (15 years old). In 2013, Stretovich won the all-around gold at the Russian Junior Championships (in the CMS section). He competed at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival where he took bronze medals in all-around, rings and gold in Parallel bars. Traveling to Brasilia,

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for the 2013 Gymnasiade, Stretovich won gold in parallel bars and with Team Russia winning the gold medal ahead of

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Senior

In 2014, Stretovich sustained an injury at the start of the season. He competed in his first Worlds at the

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in Nanning, China. Stretovich competed only in pommel horse in Team event and together with teammates (

Denis Ablyazin Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...

Nikita Ignatyev Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (russian: Никита Алексеевич Игнатьев, born 21 June 1992 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist. Comp ...

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, Daniil Kazachkov and

David Belyavskiy David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2012 and 2016 and RO ...

) Team Russia finished 5th. In 2015, Stretovich was again member of the Russian men competing at the 2015 World Championships in

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, together with teammates (

Nikita Nagornyy Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy ( rus, Никита Владимирович Нагорный, , nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, r ...

and

) In 2016, Stretovich competed at the Russian Cup in July; where he won gold in parallel bars and high bar. Stretovich was initially named as an alternate for the Olympic Team but only days before the games started he was chosen to replace

on the team, allegedly due to him looking better in training at the time. Stretovich then competed with the Russian Team (together with

and

) at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, he contributed scores of 14.755 in pommel horse, 15.100 in parallel bars, 14.766 in horizontal bar; helping the Russian men's team win the silver medal with a total of 271.453 points. In 2017, Stretovich suffered an arm injury and underwent treatment in

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, Germany. On August 23–27, Stretovich returned to a national competition at the Russian Cup. In 2019, Stretovich competed at the European Championships in April; where he placed sixth on the high bar. In July he competed the

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in Napoli winning silver in the all-around and on parallel bars as well as bronze on horizontal bar and in the team competition. In September he competed at the Russian Cup where he won silver in the all-around competition behind

and ahead of reigning All-Around World Champion

Artur Dalaloyan Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян) born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic ...

. He was selected to compete at the

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for the first time since 2015 and placed 10th in the all-around in qualifying but did not progress to the finals because Nagornyy and Dalaloyan finished above him. In the team final Stretovich competed on Floor, Pommel Horse, Vault and High Bar to help Russia win team gold with a total of 261.726 points. Stretovich's score of 14.666 on High Bar during the team final was the highest of any gymnast in the final. Competing alongside

Angelina Melnikova Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...

, Stretovich helped team Russia finished Second at the Brabant Trophy in October. In December at the Toyota International in Tokyo, Stretovich won Bronze on High Bar.

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