Oleg Stepko (Ukrainian: Олег Степко, born 25 March 1994 in Zaporizhzhya) is a Ukrainian (until 2014), Azerbaijani (2014–2018) and Russian (since March 2018) gymnast.[1]

Oleg Stepko
Personal information
Country represented Russia (since March 2018)
Former countries represented Azerbaijan (2014–2018)
 Ukraine (until 2014)
Born (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30)
Zaporizhzhya
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubUkraina, Zaporozhye, UKR
Head coach(es)Pavlo Netreba
Medal record
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Parallel Bars
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku Pommel Horse
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Vault
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow Parallel Bars
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Pommel Horse
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Pommel Horse
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Floor Exercise

Career edit

Oleg competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around. His teammates for the event were Mykola Kuksenkov, Igor Radivilov, Vitalii Nakonechnyi and Oleg Verniaiev. Stepko also participated in floor exercises, horizontal bar, rings [2][3][4]

He won gold in Parallel Bars at the 2013 European Championships. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Stepko along with the Ukrainian team (Oleg Vernyayev, Igor Radivilov, Petro Pakhnyuk and Maksym Semiankiv) led to a second-place finish in the team final. He won the bronze medal in Pommel horse final.

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympics | Olympic Games, Medals, Results & Latest News". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. ^ "London 2012 floor exercises men Results - Olympic gymnastics-artistic". Olympics.com.
  3. ^ "London 2012 horizontal bar men Results - Olympic gymnastics-artistic". Olympics.com.
  4. ^ "London 2012 rings men Results - Olympic gymnastics-artistic". Olympics.com.

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