Milad Karimi

{{Short description|Kazakh gymnast (born 1999)}}

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| birth_place = Almaty, Kazakhstan

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| height = 169 cm

| discipline = MAG

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| gym = Koncha-Zaspa Olympic Training and Sports Center (Ukraine)

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| headcoach = Aleksandr Kim, Stepan Gorbachyov

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{{MedalCompetition| World Championships }}

{{MedalBronze| 2023 Antwerp | Floor Exercise }}

{{MedalCompetition| Asian Championships }}

{{MedalGold| 2024 Tashkent|Horizontal Bar}}

{{MedalSilver| 2019 Ulaanbaatar | Floor Exercise }}

{{MedalSilver| 2024 Tashkent|All-Around}}

{{MedalSilver| 2024 Tashkent|Floor Exercise}}

{{MedalSilver|2025 Jecheon|Floor Exercise}}

{{MedalBronze| 2017 Bangkok | Horizontal Bar }}

{{MedalBronze|2019 Ulaanbaatar|Vault}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Doha|Horizontal Bar}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Singapore|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2025 Jecheon|Team}}

{{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu|Horizontal Bar}}

{{MedalSilver| 2019 Naples | Horizontal Bar }}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Chengdu|Floor Exercise}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Chengdu|Vault}}

{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games }}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Konya|Horizontal Bar}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Konya|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}}

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Milad Karimi ({{langx|kk|Милад Карими}}; born 21 June 1999){{Cite web|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/4/80/AG2018_OfficialResultBook_Artistic%20Gymnastics_v1.0.pdf|title=Artistic Gymnastics|website=2018 Asian Games|access-date=29 April 2020}} is a Kazakh artistic gymnast. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{cite web |title=Karimi, Milad |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/milad-karimi_1931576 |website=Olympics}} He is the 2023 World bronze medalist on floor exercise.

Personal life

Karimi was born in Almaty to a Russian mother and Iranian father.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4099340|title=Athlete inspiration: Confidence is the key for Milad Karimi|date=February 8, 2024|work=International Gymnastics Federation}}

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. 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. He also competed in the men's artistic team event where Kazakhstan finished in 6th place in the final.

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event at the Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Results Book |url=http://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/GAR_CompleteResultsBook_Media.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614180713/http://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/GAR_CompleteResultsBook_Media.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2020 |website=2019 Summer Universiade}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090915/petrounias-wins-rings-gold-melbourne |title=Olympic champion Petrounias claims rings gold at FIG World Cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622235737/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090915/petrounias-wins-rings-gold-melbourne |archive-date=22 June 2020|publisher=InsideTheGames.biz}} He also won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event.{{cite news| url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090969/gymnastics-world-cup-zonderland |title=Olympic gold medallist Zonderland wins horizontal bar title at Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617205653/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090969/gymnastics-world-cup-zonderland |archive-date=17 June 2020 |date=23 February 2020 |first=Dan |last=Palmer}} 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

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! width=7% class=unsortable| Team

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! width=7% class=unsortable|PH

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colspan="10" | Junior
rowspan="3" | 2014
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|align=left | Asian Junior Championships

4
align=left | Voronin Cup85{{gold1}}4756
rowspan="1" | 2015

|align=left | Voronin Cup

554457{{silver2}}
colspan="10" | Senior
rowspan="2"| 2017align=left | World Cup Doha{{silver2}}
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| align=left | Asian Championships

567{{bronze3}}
rowspan="5"| 2018align=left | President's Cup{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}4
align=left | Kazakhstan Championships{{silver2}}
align=left | Asian Games658
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| align=left|World Championships

16
align=left | World Cup Cottbus5
rowspan="8"| 2019align=left | World Cup Melbourne 88
align=left | World Cup Koper{{silver2}}8{{silver2}}
align=left | World Cup Baku7
align=left | World Cup Doha8
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | Asian Championships

511{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}58
align=left| Summer Universiade574{{silver2}}
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| align=left|World Championships

21
align=left | World Cup Cottbus8
rowspan="2"| 2020align=left | World Cup Melbourne{{bronze3}}47{{silver2}}
align=left | World Cup Szombathely76{{silver2}}{{silver2}}
rowspan="6"| 2021align =left | Ukraine International Cup5{{gold1}}85{{silver2}}{{gold1}}
align=left | World Cup Osjiek{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{silver2}}4
align=left | World Cup Doha5574{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| align=left | Olympic Games

1458
align=left | World Cup Mersin{{silver2}}7
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| align=left | World Championships

WD75
rowspan="7" | 2022align=left | Cottbus World Cup548
align=left | Doha World Cup4{{silver2}}
align=left | Baku World Cup{{silver2}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | Asian Championships

5104{{bronze3}}
align=left | Islamic Solidarity Games{{bronze3}}4484{{silver2}}
align=left | Szombathely Challenge Cup{{silver2}}
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| align=left | World Championships

188
rowspan="6" | 2023align=left | Cottbus World Cup7
align=left | Doha World Cup66
align=left | Baku World Cup{{gold1}}
align=left | Cairo World Cup6
align=left | World University Games55{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
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| align=left | World Championships

5{{bronze3}}4
rowspan="5" | 2024align=left | Cottbus World Cup8
align=left | Baku World CupWD
align=left | Doha World Cup{{gold1}}88
bgcolor=#F5F6CE

| align=left | Asian Championships

4{{silver2}}{{silver2}}7{{gold1}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| align=left | Olympic Games

245
rowspan="6" | 2025align=left | Cottbus World Cup{{gold1}}
align=left | Baku World Cup{{silver2}}4
align=left | Osijek World Cup{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
align=left | Doha World Cup{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
align=left | Cairo World Cup{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
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| align=left | Asian Championships

{{bronze3}}{{silver2}}6

References

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