Oleg Alexandrovich Wikulov

Oleg Wikulov
Personal information
Surname:	Oleg Alexandrovich Wikulov
Nationality:	Russia
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / tower / synchronized jumping
Birthday:	January 24, 1987
Place of birth:	Penza
Size:	170 cm
Weight:	68 kg

Oleg Alexandrovich Wikulow ( Russian Олег Александрович Викулов , * 24. January 1987 in Penza ) is a Russian diver . He initially jumped from the 1 m and 3 m board in artificial jumping and celebrated successes at junior world and European championships. Later he concentrated increasingly on the 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Wikulov took part in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . In diving he was eliminated as 27th in the preliminary fight.

Wikulov won his first international medal at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid . In the 10 m synchronous competition he was second with Konstantin Chanbekow . The duo won bronze at the European Championships in Eindhoven in 2008 . In 2009 he won silver again in Turin , this time with Alexei Kravchenko . His best placement so far in an individual competition was a fourth place in 2004 in Madrid and a seventh place in 2006 in Budapest , both in the 10 m high diving.

In 2002 Wikulow became Junior World Champion in 3 m synchronized jumping. He repeated this title in 2004. In 2002 he was also Junior European Champion on the 1 m and 3 m board, in 2005 he won the title in 3 m synchronized jumping and was second in high diving.

Web links

• Oleg Alexandrowitsch Wikulow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Results overview on the-sports.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final 10m synchro Men. (PDF; 91.1 KB) Archived from the original on June 17, 2009 ; accessed on May 29, 2015 .