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Oleg Yuriyovych Vernyayev ( uk, Олег Юрійович Верняєв; born 29 September 1993) is a
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. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual all-around silver medalist. Vernyayev is also the 2014 World parallel bars champion, the 2015 European individual all-around champion and the 2017 European individual all-around champion. In July 2021, Vernyayev announced that he had been banned from competition through 2024 due to a positive test for the banned substance
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, and that he planned to appeal the ruling.


Personal life

Vernyayev was born in
Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
. He was educated at the Donetsk State Institute of Health, Physical Education and Sport. Vernyayev resides in
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. He is coached by Gennady Sartynsky.


Career


2011

During the 2011 Summer Universiade Vernyayev competed in the men's vault final, finishing in 7th with a score of 15.262. He was also part of the Ukrainian team that finished 5th in the men's team final. At the
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 7–16, 2011, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Due to uncertainty over the nuclear situation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Inte ...
he competed in the team all-around event, teaming with
Nikolai Kuksenkov Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (russian: Николай Юльевич Куксенков, uk, Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Su ...
,
Vitaliy Nakonechnyi Vitalii Nakonechnyi (Ukrainian: Віталій Наконечний, born 2 August 1986 in Kalush) is a Ukrainian gymnast. At the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he competed in the team all-around event, joining Oleg Verniaiev, Ni ...
,
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,
Igor Radivilov Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast and three-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Although he competes on ...
and
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, finishing in 5th. He scored 14.461 on
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, 13.866 on
pommel horse The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ...
, 14.833 on
vault Vault may refer to: * Jumping, the act of propelling oneself upwards Architecture * Vault (architecture), an arched form above an enclosed space * Bank vault, a reinforced room or compartment where valuables are stored * Burial vault (enclosure ...
, and 13.800 on
parallel bars Parallel bars are floor apparatus consisting of two wooden bars slightly over long and positioned at roughly head height. Parallel bars are used in artistic gymnastics and also for physical therapy and home exercise. Gymnasts may optionally we ...
.


2012

Vernyayev finished 6th in the 2012
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with a score of 88.132. At the
2012 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 30th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 23 to 27 May 2012 at Montpellier. The senior and junior events are different. During the senior's qualification the top eight teams progress to the team final, and the top eig ...
he participated in the team all-around final for the Ukrainian team that finished in 5th. He also made the parallel bars final, finishing in 2nd place with a score of 15.66, 0.1 points behind the winner
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. He was victorious in the all-around final of the Ukrainian Championships, scoring 90.300 points and winning by a margin of 2.65 points over 2nd place Oleg Stepko. Vernyayev competed for the national team at the
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in the men's artistic team all-around, alongside
Nikolai Kuksenkov Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (russian: Николай Юльевич Куксенков, uk, Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Su ...
, Vitalii Nakonechnyi,
Oleg Stepko Oleg Stepko ( uk, Олег Степко, born 25 March 1994 in Zaporizhzhya) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Azerbaijani (2014–2018) and Russian (since March 2018) gymnast. Career Oleg competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
and
Igor Radivilov Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast and three-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Although he competes on ...
, and the men's artistic individual all-around. In qualification he scored 88.964 to finish in 13th place. In the team final Ukraine finished in 4th with a score of 271.526, missing out on a medal by less than 0.2 points. Ukraine were initially awarded 3rd place for a bronze medal, however following an appeal from Japan over a pommel horse score, they were awarded an extra 0.7 points, allowing them to move from 4th place to 2nd knocking Ukraine out of the medals in the process. He finished in 11th place in the individual all-around final with a score of 88.931.


2013

Vernyayev won the Ukrainian National Championships. He took the silver medal in individual all-around at the 2013 American Cup. He then won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2013 European Championships in
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, Russia. At the 2013 Summer Universiade, Vernyayev led his Ukrainian team (
Ihor Radivilov Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov ( uk, Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast and three-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Although he competes on ...
,
Oleg Stepko Oleg Stepko ( uk, Олег Степко, born 25 March 1994 in Zaporizhzhya) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Azerbaijani (2014–2018) and Russian (since March 2018) gymnast. Career Oleg competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
,
Petro Pakhnyuk Petro Pakhnyuk or Petro Pakhniuk ( uk, Петро Пахнюк; born 26 November 1991 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian (until 2014 and after 2017) and Azerbaijani (2014-2017) male artistic gymnast and member of the national team. Career He participated ...
and
Maksym Semiankiv Maksym Oleksandrovych Semiankiv ( uk, Максим Олександрович Семянків; born January 20, 1992) is a Ukrainian male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Cham ...
) to a second-place finish in the team final and qualified for the all-around final. He won the all-around bronze medal (tied with Russian gymnast
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 ...
). He won another bronze medal in the parallel bars final.


2014

In May 2014, at the 2014 European Championships in
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, Vernyayev contributed scores of 15.100 (floor), pommel horse (14.400), rings (14.900), vault (14.783), 15.591 (parallel bars) and 14.600 (horizontal bar), helping Ukraine win the team bronze medal with a total score of 262.087 points behind
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. In event finals, Vernyayev won the gold in parallel bars (15.966) and won bronze medal in vault (14.916). He won gold in parallel bars at the 2014 World Championships in
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. After the wrong anthem (the anthem of Uzbekistan) was played during the medal ceremony, he said "It was written in my face that I didn't like it. They came up and apologised for the anthem and promised to change it for TV broadcast. But I thought it would be incorrect, because I screwed up my face and it will be even worse if the anthem is replaced."


2015

In March Vernyayev won the
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in Arlington, Texas. He won with a score of 90.597, 0.499 over silver medalist and 2013 World Championships all-around silver medalist
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of Japan. Vernyayev also became the FIG World Cup series champion in addition to winning the American Cup. At the
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Vernyayev won the individual all-around with a score of 89.582, beating 2013 champion
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 ...
. He also qualified to the parallel bars final where he won the gold medal with a score of 15.866. At the 2015 European Games, Vernyayev was part of the Ukrainian team, winning silver in the team final behind Russia. Vernyayev qualified into the all-around, floor, pommel horse, vault, parallel bars and high bar finals. He won the all-around final with a score of 90.332, and the vault final with a score of 15.266. He placed 6th in the floor final with 14.233, and 5th on pommel horse (13.833), parallel bars (14.633) and high bar (14.900).


2016

At the 2016 European Championships, Vernyayev won a gold medal on vault and a silver medal on parallel bars. In August 2016, Vernyayev claimed silver in the men's all-around competition at the Rio Olympics with a score of 92.266, only 0.099 behind
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's 92.365. This was the closest anyone had scored to Uchimura since 2008. It was considered by many the best all-around duel in men's gymnastics history. Vernyayev also gained prominence due to his public apology over the Ukrainian team's behavior during the team competition. Vernyayev won the gold medal in the parallel bar competition, scoring 16.041, and finished 5th in the vault final and 8th on pommel horse and the horizontal bar. It was Ukraine's first gymnastics gold at the Games since 2004. His all-around medal was also Ukraine's first since the bronze of Alexander Beresch at the 2000 Games.


2017

At the 2017 European Championships, Vernyayev won gold medals in the individual all-around and parallel bars and a bronze medal on vault. At the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade, Vernyayev won the gold medal of individual all-around, three silver medals on team, vault, and pommel horse, and one bronze medal for ring.


Doping and ban

In December 2020, Vernyayev was notified by the
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that he was provisionally suspended from competition, backdated to November 2020. The reason for the suspension was a positive test for
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, which has been banned by the
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since January 2016. Following arbitration, the provisional suspension was upheld and Vernyayev was banned from competition for four years. This means he will miss both the
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(re-scheduled to 2021) and the 2024 Paris Olympics. In July 2021, Vernyayev expressed his intention to appeal the suspension to the
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, contending that meldonium was not found in subsequent tests. He acknowledged the presence of the drug in his body, but said he does not know how it got there.


Olympic results


2012 London Olympics


2016 Rio Olympics


References


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