Vladislav Sergeyevich Polyashov (alt. spelling: Poliashov; ; born 4 April 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is a 2019 World champion and 2018 World silver medalist in the team competition. Individually, he is the 2019 European Games all-around bronze medalist and the 2019 European Championships pommel horse bronze medalist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics career Polyashov began gymnastics when he was five years old. He won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2012 Junior European Championships.
Polyashov was an alternate for the 2016 Summer Olympics team. At the 2017 Summer Universiade, Polyashov won a team bronze and a horizontal bar silver.
Polyashov won the all-around bronze medal at the 2018 Russian Championships. At the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, he was the alternate on the Russian team that won the silver medal. He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2019 Russian Championships.
Polyashov won a gold medal on the parallel bars at the 2019 Baku World Cup– the first FIG World Cup medal of his career. Then at the Doha World Cup, he won the silver medal behind the reigning World champion, Zou Jingyuan. At the 2019 European Championships, he won a bronze medal on the pommel horse behind Max Whitlock and Cyril Tommasone. He then represented Russia at the 2019 European Games and won the all-around bronze medal behind teammate David Belyavskiy and Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev. He was the alternate for the Russian team that won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships. After the World Championships, he competed at the Cottbus World Cup and won the parallel bars bronze medal.
At the 2020 Melbourne World Cup, Polyashov won a gold medal on the parallel bars. He finished second in the parallel bars qualifications at the Baku World Cup, but the finals were canceled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polyashov won the parallel bars title at the 2021 Russian Championships. He was selected for one of the Russian Olympic Committee's individual spots at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He competed on the pommel horse and the parallel bars but did not advance beyond the qualification round.
In 2022, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) banned Russian athletes from international competition. At the 2024 BRICS Games, he won a gold medal on the pommel horse, and he won a silver medal on the parallel bars to teammate Daniel Marinov. Russian athletes were allowed to return to FIG competitions as Authorised Neutral Athletes given they met the neutrality criteria, and Polyashov's application was approved in 2025.
Competitive history
+Competitive history of Vladislav PolyashovYearEvent 2012 Junior European Championships 7 6 2014 Russian Championships 8 6 4 World Championships 5 2015 Russian Championships 7 7 5 2016 Russian Championships 6 2017 Russian Championships 4 4 7 Universiade 2018 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 30 Russian Championships 6 8 4 7 Russian Cup 8 5 5World Championships 2019 Russian Championships 7 6 4 Baku World Cup 32 20 European Championships 8 European Games 14 19 13 2 10 Russian Cup 5 7 6 5 Cottbus World Cup 10 2020 Melbourne World Cup 6 2021 Russian Championships 6 4 Russian Cup Olympic Games 14 15 World Championships 25 49 2025 World Championships 6
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