Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2012, ya lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics a tseren tseren mita 3 na maza
cin nasara da 'yan tseren ruwa na kasar Sin Qin Kai da He Chong. Ya kuma lashe lambar azurfa a tseren tseren mita 3 na maza, tare da Evgeny Kuznetsov, kuma ya yi gasa a tseren mita 10 na maza, tare da Victor Minibaev. An ba Zakharov kyautar FINA Male Diver na shekara ta 2012.