Ilia Zaika (; born 16 July 2002) is a Russian artistic gymnast originating from Donetsk. He is the 2024 and 2025 Russian national champion and 2023 silver medalist on rings.
He competed on rings at the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, and finished 12th in qualifying.
He will represent Russia at the 2026 European Artistic Gymnastic Championships in Croatia.
In September 2026, Zaika won the rings event at the 2026 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series. There he executed a new element — a static press from a hang, head down, to an inverted cross — that received a difficulty rating H (0.8).Zaika Debuts Rings Element Now Named After Him and Wins Gold. news.icnx.world. 1 October 2026
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