Dariga Shakimova (born 20 November 1988) is a Kazakhstani
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. In 2015, she was named the Female Boxer of the Year by the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation.
[ She won a bronze medal in the ]middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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event at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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.[ Shakimova studied at the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism. After watching the film '']Million Dollar Baby
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'', her mother wanted her to stop boxing, fearing for a serious injury. Shakimova's coach persuaded her to reconsider.[
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1988 births
Living people
Kazakhstani women boxers
Olympic boxers for Kazakhstan
Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Middleweight boxers
21st-century Kazakhstani women
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