Andrey Yudin (trampoline gymnast)
Russian trampoline gymnast
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Andrey Dmitrievich Yudin (Russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Юдин; born 6 June 1996)[1] is a Russian trampoline gymnast. He is the 2015 and 2018 World individual bronze medalist and the 2017 World synchro bronze medalist. He advanced to the trampoline finals at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Andrey Dmitrievich Yudin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1996 Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Andrey Kuzmin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Elena Dorofeyeva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Yudin began training in trampoline gymnastics in 2003.[2]
At the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships, Yudin won a silver medal in the team event.[3] He won a gold in the team event at the 2014 European Championships.[4] He competed in his first Worlds at the 2014 World Championships in Daytona Beach, but did not advance beyond the individual semifinals.[5]
At the 2015 World Championships, Yudin won a bronze medal in the individual event and a gold medal in the team competition.[6] As a result, he qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] He competed for Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics and advanced into the trampoline final. However, he was unable to complete his routine in the final and finished last.[8] He considered retirement after this result and took two months off from training.[2]
Yudin competed with Dmitry Ushakov at the 2017 World Championships, and they won the synchro bronze medal.[9] Additionally, Yudin, Ushakov and Sergei Azarian won the team silver medal.[10] He won the individual bronze medal at the 2018 World Championships behind Chinese athletes Gao Lei and Dong Dong.[11]
Yudin began the 2019 season at the Baku World Cup and placed sixth. He then won the silver medal at the Minsk World Cup behind teammate Mikhail Melnik.[12] He then represented Russia at the 2019 European Games and placed seventh in the synchro final alongside Melnik.[13] At the 2019 World Championships, he won a bronze medal in the trampoline team event.[14]
Yudin won the individual bronze medal at the 2021 European Championships.[15] He was the selected to compete at the postponed-2020 Summer Olympics, where he placed fifth in the individual final.[16]
Personal life
Yudin is the son of Zhanna Yudina, a housewife, and Dmitry Yudin, a senior detective in the Department of Internal Affairs of Samara Oblast.[17] His inspirations include trampoline gymnast Alexander Moskalenko, artistic gymnast Alexei Nemov, and wrestler Aleksandr Karelin.[12]
