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Dariga Shakimova
Shakimova with coach at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988 (age 35)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
SportBoxing
Coached byVadim Prisyazhnyuk[2]
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –75 kg
Asian Indoor Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hanoi -69 kg

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 seeing the film Million Dollar Baby, her mother wanted to ban her from boxing, fearing for a serious injury. Shakimova's coach persuaded her to reconsider.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Dariga Shakimova". Rio 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Dariga Shakimova. nbcolympics.com
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