Ivan Kuliak: Who Is The Russian Gymnast Banned For Supporting Putin’s War By Wearing ‘Z’?

Ivan Kuliak is a Russian artistic gymnast who has represented the Russian national team in a number of sporting events. Ivan Kuliak has been banned For supporting Vladimir Putin’s wear by wearing ‘Z’ and he has received a lot of backlashes from the media.

According to reports, the Z symbol has a connotation of the support a war and it is a pro-war sign. Ivan Kuliak was born on February 28, 2002, hence, he is 20 years of age. Ivan Kuliak is a member of Larisa Latynina School of Artistic Gymnastics and VFSO Dynamo.

Ivan Kuliak commenced his gymnastic career at the age of four years and he joined the Russian national gymnastic team in 2016. Ivan Kuliak won the 2019 Russian Junior all-around and floor championship and also placed second in the horizontal bar.

Ivan Kuliak won bronze at the Apparatus World Cup of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup but did not win any medal at the World Challenge Cup.