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Milad Karimi

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Milad Karimi
Full nameMilad Karimi
Persian: میلاد کریمی
Country represented Kazakhstan
Born (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
GymKoncha-Zaspa Olympic Training and Sports Center (Ukraine)
Head coach(es)Aleksandr Kim, Stepan Gorbachyov
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antwerp Floor Exercise
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tashkent Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ulaanbaatar Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tashkent Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bangkok Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ulaanbaatar Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Doha Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Singapore Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu Vault
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 2 4 3
World Challenge Cup 1 6 1
Total 3 10 4

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

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Karimi was born in Almaty to a Russian mother and Iranian father.[3]

Career

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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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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2014
Asian Junior Championships 4
Voronin Cup 8 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 7 5 6
2015 Voronin Cup 5 5 4 4 5 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2017 World Cup Doha 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships 5 6 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 President's Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4
Kazakhstan Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Games 6 5 8
World Championships 16
World Cup Cottbus 5
2019 World Cup Melbourne 8 8
World Cup Koper 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Cup Baku 7
World Cup Doha 8
Asian Championships 5 11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 8
Summer Universiade 5 7 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 21
World Cup Cottbus 8
2020 World Cup Melbourne 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Cup Szombathely 7 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021 Ukraine International Cup 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Cup Osjiek 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
World Cup Doha 5 5 7 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Games 14 5 8
World Cup Mersin 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7
World Championships WD 7 5
2022 Cottbus World Cup 5 4 8
Doha World Cup 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Baku World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Asian Championships 5 10 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Islamic Solidarity Games 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 4 8 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 18 8
2023 Cottbus World Cup 7
Doha World Cup 6 6
Baku World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cairo World Cup 6
World University Games 5 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2024 Cottbus World Cup 8
Baku World Cup WD
Doha World Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 8
Asian Championships 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 24 5

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). 2018 Asian Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Karimi, Milad". Olympics.
  3. ^ "Athlete inspiration: Confidence is the key for Milad Karimi". International Gymnastics Federation. February 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Olympic champion Petrounias claims rings gold at FIG World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
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