Misha Koudinov

Rio 2016 will be Misha's first Olympic Games appearance. His senior international debut was as the youngest member of the NZ Commonwealth Games team in Melbourne 2006.

In 2010 Misha started a four-year college scholarship with the Ohio State Buckeyes, during which time he continued to climb his way up the world rankings, finishing just 0.234 off making the parallel bar finals at the 2015 World Championships.

Russian born, Misha's family moved to NZ when he was young where his parents pursued gymnastics coaching at an international level.  Misha began gymnastics as a 7-year-old, and immediately decided he wanted to be an Olympian.  He has since dedicated his life to achieving that goal.

Misha belongs to North Harbour Gymnastics Club in Auckland and currently lives and trains in Maryland USA.  He is coached by NZ based fellow Olympian, David Phillips from Tri Star Gymnastics.