Viktor Eduardovich Minibaev ( rus, Виктор Эдуардович Минибаев, , ˈvʲiktər mʲɪnʲɪˈba(ɪ̯)ɪf; born 18 July 1991) is a Russian
diver who has won medals at World and European level and competed at three Olympic Games.
Career
Minibaev's first major international medal came in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform event at the
2010 European Championships.
Minibaev competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in the
men's synchronized 10 metre platform (with
Ilya Zakharov
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Career Junior
In 2007, Zakharov debuted in int ...
) and the men's 10 m platform.
At the
European Championships
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that year, he won silver in both events.
With
Artem Chesakov
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, Minibaev won silver at the
2013 World Championships in the men's synchronised 10 m platform event. In 2015, in a
World Championships on home ground in
Kazan
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, Minibaev won a bronze medal in that event with
Roman Izmailov
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. At the
2014 European Championships, Minibaev won gold in the men's 10 m platform and gold in the team event.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, he competed in the same events, teaming with
Nikita Shleykher in the synchronised 10 m platform event.
At the
European Championships
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that year, he again won gold in the mixed team event, and silver in the men's 10 m platform.
In 2017, he won
World Championship
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men's synchronised 10 m platform silver again, this time with
Aleksandr Bondar.
The team won silver again at the
2019 World Championships.
Minibaev also won silver in the mixed synchronised 10 m platform at that event, with
Ekaterina Beliaeva
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She won a silver medal in the 10 m synchro platform competition at the 2018 European Aquatics C ...
.
In 2018, he won
European
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gold in the men's synchronised 10 m platform event.
References
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1991 births
Russian male divers
Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic divers for Russia
Tatar people of Russia
Tatar sportspeople
Living people
World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
Universiade medalists in diving
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Divers from Moscow
Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in diving
Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes
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