Radomyr Stelmakh

Radomyr Stelmakh
Радомир Стельмах
Personal information
Full nameRadomyr Ruslanovych Stelmakh
NicknameRadiik
Born (2005-08-18) 18 August 2005
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Germany Germany
(2026–present)
Former countries represented
Ukraine Ukraine (2018–2024)
Training location
Cottbus, Germany
ClubSC Cottbus
Head coach
Alexander Suprun
Former coach
Eduard V. Yermakov
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Men's artistic gymnastics
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 RiminiTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 1 2

Radomyr Ruslanovych Stelmakh (Ukrainian: Радомир Русланович Стельмах; born 18 August 2005) is a Ukrainian and German artistic gymnast currently representing Germany in international competition. He previously represented Ukraine until 2026. He was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2024 European Championships. He represented Ukraine at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

Stelmakh took up gymnastics at six years old. He is a pupil of Zaporizhzhia children's and Youth Sports School No. 1.

2020–2022

Stelmakh competed at the 2020 European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey. While there he helped the Ukrainian junior team win gold. Individually he also made the pommel horse final, where he took sixth place.[1][2]

Stelmakh competed at the 2022 Euro Youth Olympic Festival, where he won the individual all-around.[3] Additionally he won the bronze in the mixed pair event together with Anna Lashchevska. He also won silver on floor exercise and pommel horse and bronze on parallel bars.

2024

Stelmakh competed at the 2024 European Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi, Illia Kovtun, Igor Radivilov, and Oleg Verniaiev where he helped the Ukrainian Team to Team gold. For his contribution he was later awarded the title Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine. This same team competed at the 2024 Olympic Games where they placed fifth as a team.

2026

In March 2026, Stelmakh officially switched nationalities to represent Germany; however Ukraine did not approve the request so he would not have been able able to compete at World Gymnastics sanctioned events until 2027.[4] However, in July the German Gymnastics Federation announced that the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation had released Stelmakh early, allowing him to begin representing Germany immediately.[5]

Stelmakh competed at the German National Championships where he won his first official national title for Germany.[6] He was selected to represent Germany at the 2026 European Championships.[7]

Competitive history

Competitive history of Radomyr Stelmakh representing Ukraine Ukraine
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2017 Daniel d'Amato Intl tournament2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
2019 Daniel d'Amato Intl tournament461st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukrainian Junior Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020 Kyiv Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukraine International Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukrainian Junior Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
AGF Junior Trophy1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4687
Junior European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)6
2021 Ukraine International Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)72nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ukrainian Youth Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyiv Championship1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Wohnen Juniors Trophy3rd place, bronze medalist(s)62nd place, silver medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)6
Olympic Hopes2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sport School Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Euro Youth Olympic Festival61st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
EYOF Mixed Pairs3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Junior European Championships75R25
1st German Bundesliga2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Ukrainian Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships9
Osijek Challenge Cup58
World Championships12
2024 Antalya Challenge Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)
Koper Challenge Cup5
Olympic Games5
Competitive history of Radomyr Stelmakh representing Germany Germany
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2026 German Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)6
European Championships588

References

  1. ↑ Berkeley, Geoff (9 December 2020). "Ukraine claim junior team title on first day of European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!". European Gymnastics. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ukrainian athletes win first medals at EYOF Banska Bystrica 2022". European Olympic Committee. 27 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Official News from the Executive Committee - March 2026". World Gymnastics. 13 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Radomyr Stelmakh fortan Teil des deutschen Nationalkaders" [Radomyr Stelmakh will henceforth be part of the German national squad]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). 10 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Stelmakh erstmals Deutscher Mehrkampfmeister" [Stelmakh becomes German all-around champion for the first time]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). 23 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "EM-Aufgebot steht fest" [The European Championship squad has been finalized.]. German Gymnastics Federation (in German). 28 July 2026.