Nikita Shleikher
 Nikita Shleikher at the Rio Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nikita Dmitrievich Shleikher |
| Nickname | Sasha |
| National team |  Russia |
| Born | 10 June 1998 Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russia |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Russia |
| Sport | Diving |
| Event(s) | platform, springboard, mixed synchro |
Medal record | |
Nikita Dmitrievich Shleikher (Russian: Никита Дмитриевич Шлейхер; born 10 June 1998) is a Russian diver.
Career
[edit]Shleikher began practicing diving at the school of Olympic reserve in Penza, 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.[citation needed]
Shleikher relocated to Kazan and took up residency in the Tatarstan. He finished 5th in 10m platform at the 2014 European Championships in Berlin. [1]
In 2015, Shleikher competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games, where he won gold in 1m springboard but took only 2nd place in 10m platform behind Britain's Matty Lee. 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.[citation needed]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Nikita Shleikher
- Nikita Shleikher Sports bio
- Nikita Shleikher at IAT Database Diving (in German)
- Nikita Shleikher at Olympedia
- 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
- Summer World University Games medalists in diving
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen