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World Championships

Year	Location	10m Platform	10m Synchro M	Team
2019	Gwangju, KOR	4th (490.50)	4th (412.62)	9th (323.20)

European Championships

Year	Location	10m Platform	10m Synchro M	10m Synchro X	Team Event
2020	Budapest, HUN	6th (459.50)	5th (382.05)	1st (325.68)	5th (382.00)
2019	Kyiv, UKR	1st (488.85)	2nd (413.16)	-	5th (377.70)

World Cup

Year	Location	10m Synchro M
2021	Tokyo, JPN	4th (393.54)

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10m Platform	10m Synchro
2019	1 x 3rd	-
2018	1 x 9th	1 x 5th

World Series & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Rostock, GER	453.75
5	2018	Synchronised 10m Platform	Grand Prix	Rostock, GER	294.30
9	2018	10m Platform	Grand Prix	Rostock, GER	380.85

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Leha, Lyosha (Instagram profile, 29 May 2021; VK profile, 28 Jul 2020)

Table tennis, football, playing computer games. (fina.org, 01 Sep 2020)

Athlete, Student

Russian

Kyiv School of Supreme Sports Skill [Ukraine]

Tamara Tokmachova [national], UKR; Tetyana Pogrebna [personal], UKR

His older sister Maria Sereda has competed in diving and has received the title of Candidate for Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 15 Nov 2019; fakty.ua, 25 Aug 2019; bbc.com, 13 Aug 2019)

He began diving at age six in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. (fakty.ua, 25 Aug 2019; strana.ua, 12 Aug 2019)

"At four years old, mum took me to learn how to swim and, after that, the swimming coach recommended I try diving. As soon as I attempted the first dives, I realised right away that diving is my sport, I immediately fell in love with it." (fina.org, 01 Sep 2020)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (fakty.ua, 25 Aug 2019)

Four days a week he trains for six hours, and two days a week he trains for three to four hours. He has one day off a week. (fina.org, 01 Sep 2020)

Winning gold in the 10m platform at the 2019 European Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine and placing fourth in the 10m platform at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 06 Jul 2021; fina.org, 01 Sep 2020)

Russian diver Ruslan Ternovoi. (strana.ua, 12 Aug 2019)

"Many say that the main thing is not victory, but participation. For me, the main thing is victory. I always wanted to become a champion. This is my dream. You need to chase the dream, even if something does not work out." (fakty.ua, 25 Aug 2019)

He received the Rising Star award at the 2019 Heroes of Sport Gala held by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine. (noc-ukr.org, 09 Mar 2020)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019)