Vladimir Timoshinin

Vladimir Alexandrovich Timoschinin (Russian: Владимир Александрович Тимошинин, born July 12, 1970 in Moscow ) is a former Russian diver. He jumped in the 10 - m tower and synchronized diving and started for the CSKA Moscow. He won several medals at World and European Championships, including two European titles, and participated in two Olympic Games.

Timoschinins first international competition in the adult area were the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, then still the Soviet Union. He won the 10 - m tower eighth. A year later, he won the European Championship in Bonn with bronze from the tower his first medal. His first title won Timoschinin at the European Championships in 1991 in Athens by the 10 - m tower, 1995, he was able to repeat this success in Vienna. 1994 he also succeeded with bronze at the World Championships in Rome, his only world championship medal. Timoschinin took in Atlanta in 1996 for Russia for the second time in the Olympic Games in part, in the finals of the tower he was eighth. His last medal then succeeded him in the 10 -meter synchronized diving. At the European Championships in Istanbul in 1999, he won with Igor Lukaschin silver. The following year, Timoschinin ended after missed within teams qualifying for the Olympics his active career.

Timoschinin is married to Svetlana Timo Schinina, also a successful water jumper, and multiple European champion.