Dzinara Smolskaya ( Dzinara Talhatauna Alimbekava, , born 5 January 1996) is a Kazakhstan-born Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics.Dzinara Alimbekava. biathlonresults.com Alimbekava won her first IBU World Cup competition (a sprint) in Hochfilzen, Austria, in December 2020, and finished as the Under-25 Cup leader for the 2020-21 World Cup season.
Alimbekava was born in Kazakhstan to a Kazakh father and a Belarusian mother. When she was three years old, her family moved to Belarus, where her younger brother Zhenya was born. Dzinara is professionally trained in piano and skates and practices snowboarding in her free time.
In October 2022, Alimbekava revealed, via her Instagram account, that she had married fellow biathlete Anton Smolski on 10 January that year. She now competes under the name Dzinara Smolskaya.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 1 medal (1 gold) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2018 Pyeongchang 56th — — — Gold — 2022 Beijing 5th 15th 19th 12th 13th 6th
World Championships 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2019 Östersund 85th 13th 35th — 11th — — 2020 Antholz — 72nd — — 13th — — 2021 Pokljuka 17th 40th 21st 26th 4th 14th — *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
World Cup Individual podiums 1 victories (1 Sp) 6 podiums (1 Sp, 3 Pu, 2 Ms)
No. Season Date Location Level Race Place1 2020–21 11 December 2020 Hochfilzen World Cup Sprint 1st213 December 2020 HochfilzenWorld CupPursuit2nd313 March 2021 Nové Město na MoravěWorld CupPursuit2nd421 March 2021 ÖstersundWorld CupMass Start2nd5 2021–229 January 2022 OberhofWorld CupPursuit3rd623 January 2022 Antholz-AnterselvaWorld CupMass Start2nd
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