Viktor Minibaev

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|name= Viktor Minibaev

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|birth_place = Moscow, Russia

|nationality = Russian

|sport=Diving

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|height= 1.74 m

|weight= 64 kg

|country= Russia

|event= 10 m, 10 m synchro

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Viktor Eduardovich Minibaev ({{lang-rus|Виктор Эдуардович Минибаев||ˈvʲiktər ɨdʊˈardəvʲɪtɕ mʲɪnʲɪˈbajɪf}}; born 18 July 1991) is a Russian diver{{cite web|title=Victor Minibaev|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/minibaev-victor-1016611/|access-date=31 August 2012|work=2012 Summer Olympics|archive-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128144831/www.london2012.com/athlete/minibaev-victor-1016611/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Viktor MINIBAEV {{!}} Medals {{!}} FINA Official|url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/1018173/viktor-minibaev/medals|access-date=2021-05-15|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}}

Minibaev competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's synchronized 10 metre platform (with Ilya Zakharov) and the men's 10 m platform.{{Cite web|date=|title=Viktor Minibayev Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/viktor-minibayev-1.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114110202/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/viktor-minibayev-1.html|archive-date=14 January 2020|access-date=15 May 2021|website=sports-reference.com}} At the European Championships that year, he won silver in both events.

With Artem Chesakov, Minibaev won silver at the 2013 World Championships in the men's synchronised 10 m platform event.{{Cite web|title=Competition Results {{!}} FINA Official - 2013 World Championships|url=http://www.fina.org/competitions/416/15th-fina-world-championships-2013/results|access-date=2021-05-15|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}} In 2015, in a World Championships on home ground in Kazan, Minibaev won a bronze medal in that event with Roman Izmailov.{{Cite web|title=Competition Results {{!}} FINA Official - 2015 World Championships|url=http://www.fina.org/competitions/312/16th-fina-world-championships-2015/results|access-date=2021-05-15|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}} 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, he competed in the same events, teaming with Nikita Shleykher in the synchronised 10 m platform event. At the European Championships 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 men's synchronised 10 m platform silver again, this time with Aleksandr Bondar.{{Cite web|title=Competition Results {{!}} FINA Official - 2017 World Championships|url=http://www.fina.org/competitions/213/17th-fina-world-championships-2017/results|access-date=2021-05-15|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}} The team won silver again at the 2019 World Championships.{{Cite web|title=Competition Results {{!}} FINA Official - 2019 World Championships|url=http://www.fina.org/competitions/95/18th-fina-world-championships-2019/results|access-date=2021-05-15|website=FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation|language=en}} Minibaev also won silver in the mixed synchronised 10 m platform at that event, with Ekaterina Beliaeva. In 2018, he won European gold in the men's synchronised 10 m platform event.