Milad Karimi ( kk, Милад Карими; born 21 June 1999) is a Kazakh

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. He represented Kazakhstan at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He is the 2023 World bronze medalist on floor exercise.

Personal life

Karimi was born in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

to a Russian mother and Iranian father.

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 The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

in Taipei, Taiwan without winning a medal. In the same year, he also competed in the floor exercise at the

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held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He represented Kazakhstan at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In the

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he finished in 8th place in the final and in the

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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

event at the

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held in Naples, Italy. 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 The 2020 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, FIG World Cup circuit in Artistic Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Gymnastics Federation (International Gymnastics Federation, FIG) in 2020. A num ...

. He also won the silver medal in the horizontal bar event. In the competition held in Baku, Azerbaijan he also won the bronze medal in the floor exercise. He represented his country at the

. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karimi, Milad Living people 1999 births Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Universiade medalists in gymnastics FISU World University Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani people Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Kazakhstani people of Iranian descent Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan