Artem Dolgopyat

Artem Dolgopyat was born in 1997 in Dnipro

Dolgopyat was born in Dnipropetrovsk, now Dnipro, Ukraine, on 16 June 1997. His father Oleg, a former gymnast, is Jewish. Before leaving Ukraine he won 2 national titles in his age group.

In 2009 he moved with his family to Israel and settled in Rishon LeZion. He joined Maccabi Tel Aviv and trained under Sergey Vaisburg. He left the Shevah Mofet high school because of language difficulties and heavy training, and later studied at Tel Aviv University.

He served in the IDF as an active athlete at the Tel HaShomer base and became a sergeant.

He won silver on floor at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships and was named Israeli Sportsman of the Year in 2017. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics he won gold on floor, Israel's first Olympic medal in gymnastics. He became world champion on floor in 2023.

He won European titles on floor in 2020, 2022 and 2026. At the 2024 Paris Olympics he won silver on floor. He lives in Netanya.