Emin Garibov

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.

Personal life

Garibov is the younger son of Azerbaijani parents Nadir Garibov and Natavan Garibova. He has an elder brother named Anar. Emin also plays football.

Biography

Garibov grew up near the Dinamo subway stop, and the school where Emin went was surrounded by sporting complexes Dinamo, CSKA, SYuP, Krylya Sovetov. He started doing gymnastics at 4 1/2. Garibov's 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.