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Oleg Vikulov | |
Fullname: | Oleg Aleksandrovich Vikulov |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1987 |
Birth Place: | Penza, Russian SFSR |
Weight: | 560NaN0 |
Sport: | Diving |
Event: | 10 m, 10 m synchro |
Partner: | Konstantin Khanbekov |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Oleg Aleksandrovich Vikulov (Russian: Олег Александрович Викулов; born January 24, 1987, in Penza) is a Russian platform diver.[1] He won a gold medal, along with his partner Konstantin Khanbekov, for the men's synchronized platform at the 2008 FINA Diving World Cup series in Tijuana, Mexico, in addition to their silver in Nanjing, China, and a fourth-place finish in Sheffield, England.[2] [3] He also captured two medals (gold and bronze) in the individual and synchronized platform at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[4] [5]
Vikulov represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's platform event, along with his teammate Gleb Galperin (who eventually won the bronze medal in the final). He placed twenty-seventh out of thirty divers in the preliminary round by nine points behind Malaysia's Bryan Nickson Lomas, with a total score of 375.40 after six successive attempts.[6]