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. Ignatyev was initially named to the Olympic Team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was replaced by Ivan Stretovich only a few days before the Games began.