Emin Nadirovich Garibov (russian: Эмин Надирович Гарибов; az, Emin Nadir oğlu Qəribov; born 8 September 1990 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a retired Russian

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of Azerbaijani descent. He is the two-time (2013, 2012) European Horizontal Bar champion.

Personal life

Garibov is the younger son of

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parents Nadir Garibov and Natavan Garibova. He has an elder brother named Anar. Emin also plays football. Garibov grew up near the Dinamo subway stop, and the school that he attended was surrounded by sporting complexes Dinamo, CSKA, SYuP, Krylya Sovetov.

Career

Garibov started doing gymnastics at the age of four and a half. His first international victory came at the 2008 European Junior Championships in Switzerland where he won the gold medal on high bar and the silver medal on parallel bars.Russian pride of Azerbaijani origin
/ref> Garibov was a member of the silver winning Russian team that competed at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...

in Belgrade. He competed at the 2011 World Championships in

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, Japan and finished 15th in all-around. He was part of the Russian silver medal-winning team that competed at the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, France, where he also won the gold on high bar. Garibov was captain of the Russian men's team at the

2012 Summer Olympics in London The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, where he finished 14th in the individual all-around. He also qualified for two event finals: parallel bars, where he placed 6th, and horizontal bar, where he placed 7th. Garibov repeated as high bar champion at the 2013 European Championships in

. With the Russian team (

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and

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), he won Russia the team gold at the

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, in

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, Russia. He won the Parallel Bars final ahead of teammate

and at the Horizontal Bar he posted the highest score of 16.025 to win the gold medal. In 2014, Garibov sustained an elbow injury and missed the remaining of the season. He spent the following year on his recovery and elbow rehabilitation. In 2016, after 2 years of injury rehabilitation Garibov returned to international competition at the Osijek World Cup where he won a gold medal in Parallel bars. He announced his retirement on April 24, 2017. He is currently working as a sport journalist and sports TV commentator.

References

External links

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Emin Garibov Profile

GymnasticsResults.com
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