He was part of the Great Britain team to win gold at the 2012 European Championships, and was reserve for the bronze medal-winning Great Britain team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Panteleymonov spent a childhood in Ukrainian gymnastics.

Ruslan also worked part time as a coach and gained UK citizenship some years later which allowed him to transfer allegiance and compete for Great Britain.

[1] After retirement, Panteleymonov joined British Swimming as a gymnastics coach for the diving team.

He worked with British divers in the build-up to their record-breaking performances at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as well as World Championship and European Championship campaigns.