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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]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
1 medal (1 gold)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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2018 Pyeongchang | 56th | — | — | — | Gold | — |
2022 Beijing | 5th | 15th | 19th | 12th | 13th | 6th |
0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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2019 Östersund | 85th | 13th | 35th | — | 11th | — | — |
2020 Antholz | — | 72nd | — | — | 13th | — | — |
2021 Pokljuka | 17th | 40th | 21st | 26th | 4th | 14th | — |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
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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 | |
5 | 2021–22 | 9 January 2022 | Oberhof | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
6 | 23 January 2022 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Mass Start | 2nd |
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
1 medal (1 gold)
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 Pyeongchang | 56th | — | — | — | Gold | — |
2022 Beijing | 5th | 15th | 19th | 12th | 13th | 6th |
0 medals
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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2019 Östersund | 85th | 13th | 35th | — | 11th | — | — |
2020 Antholz | — | 72nd | — | — | 13th | — | — |
2021 Pokljuka | 17th | 40th | 21st | 26th | 4th | 14th | — |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Level | Race | Place |
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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 | |
5 | 2021–22 | 9 January 2022 | Oberhof | World Cup | Pursuit | 3rd |
6 | 23 January 2022 | Antholz-Anterselva | World Cup | Mass Start | 2nd |