Dzinara Alimbekava

Dinara Alimbekava
	Alimbekava at the 2018 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Дзінара Талгатаўна Алімбекава
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	5 January 1996 (age 25); Abay, Kazakhstan
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Biathlon
Medal record
Representing Belarus
Olympic Games
European Championships
Youth World Championships

Dinara Alimbekava (Kazakh: Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова; born 5 January 1996) is a Kazakhstan-born Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics.^[1] Alimbekava won her first IBU World Cup competition (a sprint) in Hochfilzen, Austria, in December 2020, and finished as the Under-25 Cup leader for the 2020-21 World Cup season.^[2]

Alimbekava was born in Kazakhstan, to a Kazakh father and Belarusian mother.^[3] When she was three years old, her family moved to Belarus, where her younger brother Zhenya was born. Dzinara is professionally trained in piano, she skates and practices snowboarding in free time.^[4]

Biathlon results[]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games[]

1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang	56th	—	—	—	Gold	—

World Championships[]

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2019 Östersund	85th	13th	35th	—	11th	—	—
2020 Antholz	—	72nd	—	—	13th	—	—
2021 Pokljuka	17th	40th	21st	26th	4th	14th	—

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup[]

Individual podiums[]

1 victories (1 Sp)
4 podiums (1 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 Ms)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Race	Place
1	2020–21	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Sprint	1st
2		13 December 2020	Hochfilzen	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
3		13 March 2021	Nové Město na Moravě	World Cup	Pursuit	2nd
4		21 March 2021	Östersund	World Cup	Mass Start	2nd

References[]

^ Dzinara Alimbekava. biathlonresults.com
^ "5 things we learned in the 2020/21 season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
^ [1]. kp.by (interview with mother in Russian)
^ От пианистки до биатлонистки. История Динары Алимбековой. krayavidy.by (interview in Russian)

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[1] Dzinara Alimbekava. biathlonresults.com

[2] "5 things we learned in the 2020/21 season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

[3] [1]. kp.by (interview with mother in Russian)

[4] От пианистки до биатлонистки. История Динары Алимбековой. krayavidy.by (interview in Russian)

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v t Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 7.5 km	1992: Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel, Anne Briand (FRA)
4 × 7.5 km	1994: Nadezhda Talanova, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova, Anfisa Reztsova (RUS) 1998: Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle (GER) 2002: Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm (GER)
4 × 6 km	2006: Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva, Albina Akhatova (RUS) 2010: Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 2014: Vita Semerenko, Yuliia Dzhima, Valentyna Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) 2018: Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Darya Domracheva (BLR)