14 Facts About Emin Garibov

Emin Nadirovich Garibov is a retired Russian artistic gymnast of Azerbaijani descent.

Emin Garibov is the two-time European Horizontal Bar champion.

Emin Garibov grew up near the Dinamo subway stop, and the school that he attended was surrounded by sporting complexes Dinamo, CSKA, SYuP, Krylya Sovetov.

Emin Garibov started doing gymnastics at the age of four and a half.

Emin Garibov was a member of the silver winning Russian team that competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Belgrade.

Emin Garibov competed at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan and finished 15th in all-around.

Emin Garibov was part of the Russian silver medal-winning team that competed at the 2012 European Championships in Montpellier, France, where he won the gold on high bar.

Emin 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.

Emin Garibov repeated as high bar champion at the 2013 European Championships in Moscow.

Emin Garibov won the Parallel Bars final ahead of teammate David Belyavskiy and at the Horizontal Bar he posted the highest score of 16.025 to win the gold medal.

In 2014, Emin Garibov sustained an elbow injury and missed the remaining of the season.

Emin Garibov spent the following year on his recovery and elbow rehabilitation.

In 2016, after 2 years of injury rehabilitation Emin Garibov returned to international competition at the Osijek World Cup where he won a gold medal in Parallel bars.

Emin Garibov is currently working as a sport journalist and sports TV commentator.