In 2010 he attended the Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy and selected to be with the Russian team for men's artistic gymnastics.

Ignatyev along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, David Belyavskiy, Nikolai Kuksenkov) won Russia the Team Event gold medal with a total score of 267.959 ahead of Great Britain.

In June 2015, Ignatyev competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in the Team Competition (with teammates David Belyavskiy and Nikolai Kuksenkov).

Ignatyev was member the Russian men competing at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, together with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Ivan Stretovich, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Nikita Nagornyy and David Belyavskiy) On May 25–29, Ignatyev (together with David Belyavskiy, Denis Ablyazin, Nikolai Kuksenkov and Nikita Nagornyy) won Russia the Team gold at the 2016 European Championships.

On 2 July 2023 Valentina Rodionenko, coach of the national artistic gymnastics team, announced that Ignatyev decided to end his career.