Petro Pakhnyuk

2008–2013: Ukraine

Pakhnyuk competed at the 2008 Junior European Championships and placed fifth in the pommel horse final.^[4] His first major senior international competition was the 2012 European Championships, and he helped Ukraine place fifth.^[5] He then represented Ukraine at the 2013 Summer Universiade and helped the team win the silver medal to Russia.^[6]

2014–2016: Azerbaijan

In March 2014, Pakhnyuk left the Ukrainian team and began competing for Azerbaijan.^[7] He was recruited to join Azerbaijan as they were building a gymnastics program for the upcoming 2015 European Games in Baku.^[8] His first major competition for Azerbaijan was the 2014 World Championships, where he finished 15th in the all-around final.^[9]

At the 2015 European Championships, Pakhnyuk finished ninth in the all-around final and sixth in the parallel bars final.^[10][11] He then represented Azerbaijan at the 2015 European Games alongside Eldar Safarov and Oleg Stepko, and they won the bronze medal in the team competition.^[12]

Pakhnyuk finished 20th in the all-around at the 2016 Olympic Test Event and earned a berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[13][14] There, he finished 34th in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into any of the finals.^[15]

2017–2022: Back to Ukraine

Pakhnyuk decided to rejoin the Ukrainian team in 2017. His first competition back with Ukraine was the 2017 Summer Universiade,^[16] and he helped Ukraine win the team silver medal. He also won a silver medal on the parallel bars to Japan's Shogo Nonomura.^[17] At the 2017 Varna World Challenge Cup, he won the parallel bars title and also won a silver medal on the floor exercise.^[18] Then at the Paris World Challenge Cup, he won silver medals on the floor exercise and parallel bars.^[19]

Pakhnyuk won the all-around bronze medal at the 2018 American Cup.^[20] He then injured his leg while competing at the Stuttgart World Cup.^[21] He returned to competition at the 2018 European Championships, but he could not compete on all six apparatuses.^[22] He won the gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2018 Szombathely World Challenge Cup.^[23]

At the 2019 American Cup, Pakhnyuk placed fourth in the all-around.^[24] He then won the all-around bronze medal at the Stuttgart World Cup.^[25] At the 2019 European Championships, he finished sixth in the all-around final and won a silver medal on the parallel bars.^[26] He then won the floor exercise bronze medal at the 2019 European Games, and he placed fourth in the all-around.^[27] At the Szombathely World Challenge Cup, he won silver medals on the parallel bars and horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.^[28]

Pakhnyuk helped Ukraine win the team title at the 2020 European Championships,^[29] and he won the silver medal on the parallel bars.^[30] He injured his tricep at the 2021 European Championships and had to withdraw from the event.^[3] He returned in time to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Illia Kovtun, Igor Radivilov, and Yevhen Yudenkov, and they finished seventh in the team final.^[31] Individually, he advanced into the all-around final and finished 19th.^[32] He also advanced into the parallel bars final and finished sixth.^[33]

Pakhnyuk won a gold medal on the parallel bars and a silver medal on the pommel horse at the 2022 Koper World Challenge Cup.^[34] He left the Ukrainian national team at the end of the 2022 season due to a conflict with the new head coach after not being selected to the 2022 World Championships team.^[35]