Milad Karimi
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| Full name | Milad Karimi Persian: میلاد کریمی | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1999 Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Koncha-Zaspa Olympic Training and Sports Center (Ukraine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Aleksandr Kim, Stepan Gorbachyov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milad Karimi (Kazakh: Милад Карими; born 21 June 1999)[1] is a Kazakh artistic gymnast. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] He is the 2023 World bronze medalist on floor exercise.
Personal life
[edit]Karimi was born in Almaty to a Russian mother and Iranian father.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the horizontal bar event at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand. A few months later, he represented Kazakhstan at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan without winning a medal. In the same year, he also competed in the floor exercise at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He represented Kazakhstan at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] In the horizontal bar he finished in 8th place in the final and in the floor exercise he finished in 5th place in the final.[1] He also competed in the men's artistic team event where Kazakhstan finished in 6th place in the final.[1]
In 2019, he won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event at the Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[4] In 2020, he won the bronze medal in the floor exercise in Melbourne, Australia as part of the 2020 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.[5] He also won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event.[6] In the competition held in Baku, Azerbaijan he also won the bronze medal in the floor exercise.
He represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the All-around finals as well as event finals for floor exercise and horizontal bar. He finished 14th in the all-around finals, 5th in floor and 8th in the horizontal bar.
Competitive history
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Karimi, Milad". Olympics.
- ^ "Athlete inspiration: Confidence is the key for Milad Karimi". International Gymnastics Federation. February 8, 2024.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Olympic champion Petrounias claims rings gold at FIG World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (23 February 2020). "Olympic gold medallist Zonderland wins horizontal bar title at Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne". Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
External links
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- Living people
- 1999 births
- Sportspeople from Almaty
- Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Kazakhstan
- 21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
- Kazakhstani people of Iranian descent
- Sportspeople of Iranian descent
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics