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

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in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform (with

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) and the men's 10 m platform. At the

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that year, he won silver in both events. With

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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

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on home ground in

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, Minibaev won a bronze medal in that event with

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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

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, he competed in the same events, teaming with Nikita Shleykher in the synchronised 10 m platform event. At the

that year, he again won gold in the mixed team event, and silver in the men's 10 m platform. In 2017, he won

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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

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. In 2018, he won

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gold in the men's synchronised 10 m platform event.

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