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Daniel Marinov

Daniel Nenkov Marinov (Даниел Ненков Маринов; born 17 December 2004)[1] is a Russian artistic gymnast. At the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, he won a bronze medal in the parallel bars final as an Authorised Neutral Athlete. He is the 2025 Russian national champion in the all-around.

Daniel Marinov
Даниел Маринов
Marinov at the 2025 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Nenkov Marinov
Born (2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 21)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Russia Russia
Medal record
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes AIN
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 JakartaParallel bars

Early life

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Marinov was born on 17 December 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a Bulgarian father and a Russian mother. He moved to Kazan, Russia, with his mother as a child and is a dual citizen of both countries.[2][3] He started gymnastics at six years old.[4]

Gymnastics career

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Marinov competed at his first senior-level Russian Championships in 2022 and won the horizontal bar title.[3]

At the 2024 BRICS Games, Marinov competed against international gymnasts for the first time and won the all-around competition, ahead of Olympic champion Artur Dalaloyan.[5] He then won another gold medal in the parallel bars final.[6] He also won silver medals on the vault and horizontal bar and won a bronze medal on the rings.[7][8][9]

Marinov was approved by the International Gymnastics Federation to compete internationally as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in 2025.[10] He won the all-around title at the 2025 Russian Championships. In the apparatus finals, he also won the floor exercise and parallel bars titles and won a bronze medal on the vault.[11] At the 2025 World Championships, he advanced into the all-around final and finished seventh.[12] He then won the bronze medal in the parallel bars final, behind China's Zou Jingyuan and Japan's Tomoharu Tsunogai.[13] Additionally, he placed seventh in the vault final and eighth in the horizontal bar final.[14]

Political views

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In May 2022, he publicly expressed his support for his fellow gymnast Ivan Kulyak, who was suspended from international competitions for a year for wearing a "Z" sticker at an awards ceremony. In his supportive statement, Marinov said that he had no doubt that both he and Kulyak would be able to compete at the upcoming Olympic Games.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ "Маринов Даниел Ненков". Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Imamov, Rustam (24 September 2022). "Даниел Маринов: интервью с кандидатом в сборную России по спортивной гимнастике о жизни в Казани, татарской кухне, Никите Нагорном" ["I'm mentally Russian and I love echpochmak." The Bulgarian moved to Kazan and competes for Russia.]. Sport Express. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 Lisin, Sergey (17 April 2022). "«У меня двойное гражданство, но уезжать из России не планирую». Даниел Маринов — о победе на перекладине и выборе в сложной ситуации". Match TV (in Russian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Marinov: 'Sanctions will not allow us to break our country, people and sport'". Realnoe Vremya. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Даниел Маринов о золоте на Играх БРИКС в Казани: «Я очень рад, что эта победа произошла в родных стенах Центра гимнастики»" [Daniil Marinov on winning gold at the BRICS Games in Kazan: "I'm very happy that this victory took place within the walls of my home gymnastics center."]. Kazan (in Russian). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "У Маринова вторая победа на Играх БРИКС. Гимнаст стал лучшим на параллельных брусьях" [Marinov's second BRICS Games victory. The gymnast won the parallel bars.]. Business Online (in Russian). 15 June 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Men Apparatus Final Vault" (PDF). 2024 BRICS Games. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Men Apparatus Final Horizontal Bar" (PDF). 2024 BRICS Games. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Men Apparatus Final Rings" (PDF). 2024 BRICS Games. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  10. ↑ Menocal Pareja, Marcos (7 March 2025). "Melnikova leads 'neutral' Russian gymnasts". Inside the Games. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  11. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (4 October 2025). "2025 Russian Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Hashimoto overcomes Zhang for third consecutive World title". International Gymnastics Federation. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  13. ↑ Ekshiyan, Artur (25 October 2025). "Гимнаст Маринов завоевал бронзовую медаль ЧМ-2025 на брусьях" [Gymnast Marinov won a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the 2025 World Championships]. Bookmaker (in Russian). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "Recap: Event Finals at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta". Gymnastics Now. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  15. ↑ Gymnast Marinov supported his suspended colleague Kulyak. athletistic.com
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