Bio

Evgeny Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Кузнецов; born 12 April 1990) is a Russian diver. At the diving portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships he won a bronze in the 3 m springboard, and was the part of the pair who won the silver medal in the 3 m synchronised springboard. Kuznetsov won a silver medal for his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the 3 m synchronised springboard with Ilya Zakharov. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kuznetsov again competed in both the 3 m springboard and the 3 m synchronised springboard diving. At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, the Russian won his first gold medal in 3 m synchronized springboard, with his partner Ilya Zakharov.