Milad Karimi

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. He is the 2023 World bronze medalist on floor exercise.

Milad Karimi
Country represented Kazakhstan
Born (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999
Almaty, Kazakhstan
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
2023 Antwerp Floor Exercise
Asian Championships
2024 TashkentHorizontal Bar
2019 Ulaanbaatar Floor Exercise
2024 TashkentTeam
2024 TashkentAll-Around
2024 TashkentFloor Exercise
2017 Bangkok Horizontal Bar
2019 UlaanbaatarVault
2022 DohaHorizontal Bar
2023 SingaporeTeam
Summer Universiade
2021 ChengduHorizontal Bar
2019 Naples Horizontal Bar
2021 ChengduFloor Exercise
2021 ChengduVault
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 KonyaHorizontal Bar
2021 KonyaTeam
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 2 4 3
World Challenge Cup 1 6 1
Total 3 10 4

Personal life

Karimi was born in Almaty to a Russian mother and Iranian father.[2]

Career

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.[3] 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.[4] He also won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event.[5] 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

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2014
Asian Junior Championships4
Voronin Cup854756
2015 Voronin Cup554457
Senior
2017 World Cup Doha
Asian Championships567
2018President's Cup4
Kazakhstan Championships
Asian Games658
World Championships16
World Cup Cottbus5
2019 World Cup Melbourne 88
World Cup Koper8
World Cup Baku7
World Cup Doha8
Asian Championships51158
Summer Universiade574
World Championships21
World Cup Cottbus8
2020 World Cup Melbourne47
World Cup Szombathely76
2021Ukraine International Cup585
World Cup Osjiek4
World Cup Doha5574
Olympic Games1458
World Cup Mersin7
World ChampionshipsWD75
2022Cottbus World Cup548
Doha World Cup4
Baku World Cup
Asian Championships5104
Islamic Solidarity Games4484
Szombathely Challenge Cup
World Championships188
2023Cottbus World Cup7
Doha World Cup66
Baku World Cup
Cairo World Cup6
World University Games55
World Championships54
2024Cottbus World Cup8
Baku World CupWD
Doha World Cup88
Asian Championships47

References

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