Nikita Dmitrievich Shleikher (russian: Никита Дмитриевич Шлейхер; born 10 June 1998) is a Russian diver.

Career

Shleikher began practicing diving at the school of Olympic reserve in

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, where he became a multiple medalist and champion of Russian Junior Championships. In 2012, he won the Junior European Championships in men's 10m platform. He competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships finishing 5th in 10m platform and 7th in 3m springboard. He won a silver and a bronze at the 2014 European Junior Diving Championships. Shleikher relocated to

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

and took up residency in the Tatarstan. He finished 5th in 10m platform at the 2014 European Championships in

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. Никита Шлейхер из Казани выиграл серебро Европейских игр в прыжках в воду
/ref> In 2015, Shleikher competed at the inaugural

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

, where he won gold in 1m springboard but took only 2nd place in 10m platform behind Britain's

Matty Lee Matthew Lee (born 5 March 1998) is a British diver and Olympic gold medallist. Adept in both individual and synchronised diving, and across both 3-metre springboard and platform, Lee won the gold medal in 10-metre platform at the 2015 Europ ...

. He finished 5th in mixed 10 metre platform and 7th in men's 10m platform at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, thus qualifying him for both events at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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Nikita Shleikher
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shleikher, Nikita Russian male divers 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Stavropol Sportspeople from Kazan European Games gold medalists for Russia Divers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in diving European Games silver medalists for Russia Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Russia Universiade medalists in diving FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics