Dariga Shakimova

Dariga Shakimova
Shakimova with coach at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Petropavl, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
Coached byVadim Prisyazhnyuk[2]
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Middleweight
Asian Championships
2010 Astana Middleweight
2015 Wulanchabu Middleweight
2008 Guwahati Welterweight
2017 Ho Chi Minh City Middleweight
2019 Bangkok Welterweight
2022 Amman Light middleweight
Asian Indoor Games
2009 Hanoi Welterweight

Dariga Shakimova (born 20 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani boxer. In 2015, she was named the Female Boxer of the Year by the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation.[2] She won a bronze medal in the middleweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] Shakimova studied at the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism. After watching the film Million Dollar Baby, her mother wanted her to stop boxing, fearing for a serious injury. Shakimova's coach persuaded her to reconsider.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dariga Shakimova". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Dariga Shakimova Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com