Petr Gumennik

Pyotr Olegovich Gumennik (, born 11 April 2002) is a Russian figure skater who currently competes as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN). He is the 2026 Russian National Champion, a three-time Russian Grand Prix Final champion (2023, 2025-26), 2020 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist and 2019 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist. He is also the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist.

Gumennik competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete.

Personal life Gumennik was born on 11 April 2002 in Saint Petersburg, Russia to parents, Elena, a pediatric neurologist and Oleg, a priest. In addition, he has three siblings (two brothers and sister).

Career Early years Gumennik began learning to skate in 2006 at the age of four.

Gumennik subsequently finished the season by winning gold at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.

2025–2026 season: Milano Cortina Olympics and first national title In May 2025, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that Gumennik as well as Vladislav Dikidzhi had both been approved as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), making them both eligible to compete at the 2025 ISU Olympic Qualifying Competition to vie for a spot to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Figure Skating Federation of Russia selected Gumennik to compete and Dikidzhi as the reserve.

Going on to compete at the 2025 Skate to Milano in late September, Gumennik won the gold medal, thus earning an Olympic spot for Russian men's singles skating as an AIN.

In November, he competed at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow and 2025 Russian Grand Prix V, Omsk, winning bronze and gold, respectively. Later in the month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially declared Gumennik as eligible to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

In early February, days before the start of the Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's singles event, it was announced that Gumennik was facing copyright issues for his short program set to music from Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. While he initially considered using his Dune short program from the previous season, Gumennik was soon informed that he would also be unable to use that music for similar reasons. It was subsequently announced that Gumennik would perform a new short program to the song, "Waltz 1805" by Edgar Hakobyan.

On 10 February, Gumennik competed in the men's singles short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, finishing in twelfth place due to a shaky landing on his opening quad flip and only performing a double toe at the end of his jump combination. In an interview following his performance, he said, "Today’s short program was quite good. I did almost every element. I made a mistake on the triple toe, which I think is the easiest jump in my program. I don’t think it deducted too many points from my performance." When asked about his thoughts on his status as an AIN, he answered, "I’m very happy to compete here. I don’t mind that I don’t represent any country. Even the possibility to skate is very meaningful to me." Following his performance, he expressed satisfaction, saying, "My jumps were really good and clean. They were easy. I'm glad that I was able to prepare as much as I can and not miss my opportunity to do what I was prepared to do."

In March, Petr competed at the 2026 Russian Grand Prix Final where he won the title for the third time.

At the 2026 Russian Challenge, Petr won the event with a total score of 29.26 points.

2026–2027 season On 30 June 2026, the International Skating Union announced that figure skaters from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete at international competitions as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). Each of these skaters are be required to undergo an individual assessment conducted by the ISU Council to determine whether they meet the criteria for neutral status. Gumennik's application was approved, making him eligible to continue competing internationally as a neutral athlete.

Programs Short Program Free skating Exhibition 2026–2027 My Body Is A Cageby Peter Gabriel On the Nature of Daylight The Departure Dona Nobis Pacem 2by Max Richter 2025–2026 Waltz 1805

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer The Girl with the Plums Perfume Distilled Meeting Laura Laura's Murder Onegin Onegin's Letter to Tatiana Onegin's Toast

Pray Horizon Terminator The Alien Lush Life Humans Are Such Easy Prey The Terminator Theme (Epic Version)

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 "Moonlight": Adagio sostenuto

Optimus Prime Moments in Love What I've Done 2024–2025 Herald of the Change Paul's Dream A Time of Quiet Between the Storms Harkonnen Arena Onegin Onegin's Letter to Tatiana Onegin's Toast 12 Etudes, Op. 8: No. 12 in D Sharp Minor

Optimus Prime Moments in Love What I've Done 2023–2024 Dawn of Faith

Sonne Front Titles Dorian's Theme Extravaganza Boléro 2022–2023 Dawn of Faith Concierto de Aranjuez 2021–2022 Je me souviens de nous 2018–2019 Czardas Love Theme 2017–2018 Butterflies and Hurricanes

Cirque du Soleil 2016–2017