Thanks to gymnastics, Denis Ablyazin formed an irresistible will to win, physical strength and the ability to endure defeat and pain from sports injuries. As an athlete, he set himself difficult tasks and successfully overcame high standards of his own requirements.
Biography
Russian gymnast Denis Ablyazin hails from the city of Penza, where he was born in 1992 on August 3rd. From an early age, Denis was fond of various sports, as he was very energetic and well-built. His first hobby is ice hockey. He chose between cycling and gymnastics, until he enrolled in the children's sports school named after Lavrova. The first training began when the boy was six and a half years old. At first, classes were given with difficulty, since he lacked flexibility. He worked hard to meet the requirements for gymnastics, which are very strict. Three evening workouts a week for an hour and a half gave an excellent result. The boy became agile and easily complied with the necessary standards. Two years after the start of classes, Denis switched to a more complex training schedule. A year later, he obeyed a complex regulatory standard for obtaining the first adult category in gymnastics.
Coaches saw how Denis’s skill is growing. His first mentor, Pavel Alenin, managed to convince the twelve-year-old athlete of the need to continue to train in order to begin the career of a gymnast. All day Denis was scheduled by the minute, and when he had to go to the Krugloye Lake sports base near Moscow, the boy devoted all his time to sports. He devoted the evening hours to the study of school subjects so that education would not suffer from intensive gymnastic training. Denis Ablyazin had reliable support in the person of famous coaches - Sergey Starkin and Dmitry Derzhavin.
Career and contribution to the national team piggy bank
The first competitions that Denis performed at were school sports days. The athlete won his first medal (silver) at a tournament in Chelyabinsk. Then gold at the Russian junior championship for floor exercises followed. From championship to championship, sportsmanship of Dmitry Ablyazin grew. He received well-deserved awards at all the events that took place in Russian cities. The gymnast showed excellent physical fitness in 2010, when he took silver at the World Cup held in Croatia.
This was followed by the European Championships in Berlin and the World Championships in Japanese Tokyo. Denis performed at the 2012 European Championship and received a silver medal in the team championship and bronze medals for the jump and ring exercises. He became a real athlete who succumbed to the most complex standards of international competitions.
The peak of Denis Ablyazin’s sports career came in 2012, when he received a silver and bronze medal in the Russian national team at the Summer Olympics. 2013 brought the athlete gold in Kazan, where the summer Universiade was held. The 2016 Olympics was rich in medals. In Rio de Janeiro, the athlete won a bronze medal for ring exercises and two silver medals in the team event.
Russian gymnastics received in the person of Denis Ablyazin a real international leader.
