Dzinara Smolskaya

{{Short description|Belarusian biathlete (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Dzinara Smolskaya

| image = Dzinara Alimbekava 2018.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Alimbekava at the 2018 Olympics

| birth_name = Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava

| native_name = Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова

| native_name_lang = kk

| nationality = Belarusian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Abay, Kazakhstan

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| height = 172 cm

| weight = 60 kg

| sport = Biathlon

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalCountry|{{BLR}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|4 × 6 km relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Raubichi|Mixed relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2015 Raubichi|3 × 6 km relay}}

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Dzinara Smolskaya ({{nee}} Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava, {{langx|kk|Динара Талғатқызы Әлімбекова|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.[http://biathlonresults.com/?IBUId=BTBLR20501199601 Dzinara Alimbekava]. biathlonresults.com 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.{{Cite web |title=5 things we learned in the 2020/21 season |url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/5-learnings-2021-season |access-date=24 March 2021 |website=International Biathlon Union - IBU}}

Alimbekava was born in Kazakhstan to a Kazakh father and a Belarusian mother.{{cite web |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/21712099/4338112/ |title=(interview with mother in Russian) |website=kp.by}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://krayavidy.by/v-smi-strany/alimbekova/ |title=От пианистки до биатлонистки. История Динары Алимбековой (interview in Russian) |website=krayavidy.by}}

In October 2022, Alimbekava revealed, via her Instagram account, that she had married fellow biathlete Anton Smolski on 10 January that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.championat.com/biathlon/article-4841561-znamenitaya-belorusskaya-biatlonnaya-para-dinara-alimbekova-i-anton-smolskij-sygrali-svadbu-kak-eto-bylo-foto.html |title=«Начинается новая глава моей жизни». Знаменитая биатлонная пара наконец-то сыграла свадьбу |trans-title=“A new chapter of my life begins.” The famous biathlon couple finally got married |website=championat.com |language=ru |access-date=2022-10-03}} She now competes under the name Dzinara Smolskaya.{{cite web |url=https://eng.belta.by/sport/view/belarusian-biathlete-dzinara-alimbekava-is-now-dzinara-smolskaya-156044-2023/ |title=Belarusian biathlete Dzinara Alimbekava is now Dzinara Smolskaya |website=belta.by |language=en |access-date=2023-06-26}}