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Emin Garibov

Emin Garibov
Full name Emin Nadirovich Garibov
Country represented  Russia
Born (1990-09-08) September 8, 1990 (age 26)
Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Elite
Club Dinamo Moscow
College team Moscow State Pedagogical University
Head coach(es) Anatoly Zabelin
Retired 2017

Emin Nadirovich Garibov (Russian: Эмин Надирович Гарибов; Azerbaijani: Emin Nadir oğlu Qəribov; born 8 September 1990 in Moscow) is a Russian artistic gymnast of Azerbaijani descent. He is the two-time (2013, 2012) European Horizontal Bar champion.

Garibov is the younger son of Azerbaijani 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.

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.

Garibov was a member of the silver winning Russian team that competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Belgrade. He competed at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, 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, 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.


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