Dzinara Smolskaya
![]() Alimbekava at the 2018 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Native name | Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Abay, Kazakhstan | 5 January 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dzinara Smolskaya (née Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava, Kazakh: Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова, romanized: Dinara Talğatkyzy Älimbekova, 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 a 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 and skates and practices snowboarding in her free time.[4]
In October 2022, Alimbekava revealed via her Instagram account that she had married fellow biathlete Anton Smolski on January 10 of that same year.[5] She now competes under the name Dzinara Smolskaya.[6]
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
[edit]1 medal (1 gold)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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56th | — | — | — | Gold | — |
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5th | 15th | 19th | 12th | 13th | 6th |
World Championships
[edit]0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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85th | 13th | 35th | — | 11th | — | — |
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— | 72nd | — | — | 13th | — | — |
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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
[edit]Individual podiums
[edit]- 1 victories (1 Sp)
- 6 podiums (1 Sp, 3 Pu, 2 Ms)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
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1 | 2020–21 | 11 December 2020 | ![]() |
World Cup | Sprint | 1st |
2 | 13 December 2020 | ![]() |
World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
3 | 13 March 2021 | ![]() |
World Cup | Pursuit | 2nd | |
4 | 21 March 2021 | ![]() |
World Cup | Mass Start | 2nd | |
5 | 2021–22 | 9 January 2022 | ![]() |
World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
6 | 23 January 2022 | ![]() |
World Cup | Mass Start | 2nd |
References
[edit]- ^ Dzinara Alimbekava. biathlonresults.com
- ^ "5 things we learned in the 2020/21 season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "(interview with mother in Russian)". kp.by.
- ^ "От пианистки до биатлонистки. История Динары Алимбековой (interview in Russian)". krayavidy.by.
- ^ "«Начинается новая глава моей жизни». Знаменитая биатлонная пара наконец-то сыграла свадьбу" [“A new chapter of my life begins.” The famous biathlon couple finally got married]. championat.com (in Russian). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Belarusian biathlete Dzinara Alimbekava is now Dzinara Smolskaya". belta.by. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
External links
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- Dzinara Smolskaya at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Dzinara Smolskaya at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Dzinara Alimbekava at the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
- Dzinara Alimbekava at Olympedia
- Alimbekava at Olympics.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Belarusian female biathletes
- Olympic biathletes for Belarus
- Olympic gold medalists for Belarus
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- People from Abay District, East Kazakhstan
- Sportspeople from East Kazakhstan Region
- Kazakhstani emigrants to Belarus
- European biathlon biography stubs
- Belarusian winter sports biography stubs