King Artur (fig-gymnastics.com, 02 Nov 2018)

Cooking. (tass.ru, 26 May 2020)

Athlete

Wife Olga, daughter Nicole [2019], daughter Karolina [2021]

Russian

Dynamo Moscow: Russia

Alexander Kalinin [personal], RUS

In April 2021 he tore his Achilles tendon while training and underwent surgery a few days later. Doctors advised that full recovery would take three months. (Instagram profile, 15 April 2021; Instagram profile, 19 April 2021; sportsdaily.ru, 16 Apr 2021)

He competed with a broken foot at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (gymnovosti.com, 19 Aug 2018)

In 2016 he tore the meniscus in his knee which ruled him out of contention for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (tass.ru, 26 May 2020)

He began training at age six in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.

"I was active as a child, I somersaulted, I ran. And for what kind of sport are such qualities the most important? Of course, for gymnastics. So my parents brought me to the gym."

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (tass.ru, 29 Jul 2021)

In recognition of the team gold medal he won at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he received the Order of Friendship from the president of the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 11 Aug 2021)

In 2019 he received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (tass.ru, 17 Jan 2019)

He was presented with the Prize for Elegance at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (fig-gymnastics.com, 01 Nov 2018)

FRIENDSHIP AND RIVALRY
He has been friends with Russian gymnast Nikita Nagornyy since age 11. He believes that their friendly rivalry helps improve their performances. "Now we are grown up and in competition together. We compete against each other even at training. I am sure that Nikita will say the same thing, and I think the coaches see it too. We push each other to become more skilled, to do something new, to develop faster. I don't know how everything will turn out in the end, but it's very interesting to experience." (tass.ru, 26 May 2020)