Nikita Shleikher

Nikita Shleikher
	Nikita Shleikher at the Rio Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Nikita Dmitrievich Shleikher
Nickname	Sasha
National team	Russia
Born	10 June 1998 (age 25); 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
European Games
European Championships
Summer Universiade
European Junior Championships

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]

^ Никита Шлейхер из Казани выиграл серебро Европейских игр в прыжках в воду

External links[edit]

Nikita Shleikher
Nikita Shleikher Sports bio
Nikita Shleikher at IAT Database Diving (in German)
Nikita Shleikher at Olympedia

[1] Никита Шлейхер из Казани выиграл серебро Европейских игр в прыжках в воду

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