Anton Sakharov

Anton Sakharov
Personal information
Surname:	Anton Serhiyovich Sakharov
Nationality:	Ukraine
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / tower / synchronized jumping
Society:	Ukraina Zaporizhzhia
Birthday:	February 13, 1986
Place of birth:	Zaporizhia
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	73 kg

Anton Serhijowytsch Sakharov ( Ukrainian Антон Сергійович Захаров , born February 13, 1986 in Zaporizhia ) is a Ukrainian diver . He starts in art and high diving both in individual and synchronized competitions.

Sakharov took part in two Olympic Games . In 2004 he was 16th in the 10 m high diving and fourth together with Roman Wolodkow in the 10 m synchronous competition. In 2008 he was 29th in diving.

Sakharov has so far celebrated two medals at swimming world championships. In 2001 he won bronze in Fukuoka and in 2003 silver in Barcelona , both in the 10 m synchronous competition and together with Roman Wolodkow. At the European Championships in Berlin in 2002 , the duo won their first title, which they were able to repeat in 2004 . In the same year Sakharov also won gold from the tower, it was his first international individual medal. At the European Championships in Eindhoven in 2008 he won his first medal with Dmytro Lysenko in synchronized jumping from the 3 m board.

Web links

• Anton Sakharov in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Results on the-sports.org