Dariga Shakimova

Dariga Shakimova

Shakimova with coach at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Sport
Sport Boxing
Coached by Vadim Prisyazhnyuk[2]
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro –75 kg
Asian Indoor Games
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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