Rodion Alimov

Rodion Igorevich Alimov (Russian: Родион Игоревич Алимов; born 21 April 1998) is a Russian badminton player.[1] He won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 2017 and at the European Championships in 2021.

Rodion Alimov
Personal information
Birth nameRodion Igorevich Alimov
CountryRussia
Born (1998-04-21) 21 April 1998
Ufa, Russia
ResidenceUfa, Russia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Years active2016–present
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking100 (MD with Pavel Kotsarenko 13 July 2017)
18 (XD with Alina Davletova 18 January 2022)
Current ranking351 (MD with Rodion Kargaev)
19 (XD with Alina Davletova) (12 April 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Russia
European Championships
2021 Kyiv Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
2017 Lubin Mixed team
2019 Copenhagen Mixed team
2021 Vantaa Mixed Team
European Men's Team Championships
2020 Liévin Men's team
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei Mixed doubles
European Junior Championships
2017 Mulhouse Mixed doubles
2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Born in Ufa, Alimov made a debut in his international career in 2016, and at the same year, he was selected to join the national team.[2] He won his first international title at the 2016 Bulgaria International partnered with Alina Davletova.[3] He and Davletova clinched the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships, made them as the first Russian player to win that category.[4] At the same year, the duo also won the bronze medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.[5] Alimov and Davletova became the first Russians winning the European Championships in mixed doubles, doing so in 2021.[6]

At the 2022 India Open, Alimov and Alina Davletova had to withdraw from the mixed doubles semifinals match after Alimov was tested positive of COVID-19.[7]

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Alina Davletova Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		 11–21, 21–16, 21–15 Gold

Summer Universiade

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Alina Davletova Wang Chi-lin
Lee Chia-hsin		 14–21, 13–21 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France Alina Davletova Alexander Dunn
Eleanor O'Donnell		 21–16, 21–14 Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Alina Davletova Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith		 21–18, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bulgarian International Alina Davletova Andrei Ivanov
Ksenia Evgenova		 Walkover Winner
2016 Turkey International Alina Davletova Melih Turgut
Fatma Nur Yavuz		 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017 Estonian International Alina Davletova Anatoliy Yartsev
Evgeniya Kosetskaya		 21–8, 21–19 Winner
2017 Hungarian International Alina Davletova Soren Gravholt
Louise Eriksson		 25–23, 21–16 Winner
2018 White Nights Alina Davletova Jason Wong
Citra Putri Sari Dewi		 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2018 Hungarian International Alina Davletova Joel Eipe
Mette Poulsen		 10–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up
2018 Italian International Alina Davletova Evgenij Dremin
Evgenia Dimova		 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2019 White Nights Alina Davletova Sam Magee
Chloe Magee		 21–16, 13–21, 21–16 Winner
2019 Dubai International Alina Davletova Kim Sa-rang
Kim Ha-na		 22–20, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "АЛИМОВ Родион Игоревич" (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. "Players: Rodion Alimov". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "Azurmendi Executes Revenge". Badminton People. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. "Алимов/Давлетова — победители первенства Европы". Национальная Федерация Бадминтона России (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. "Уфимские бадминтонисты Родион Алимов и Алина Давлетова – бронзовые призеры Всемирной летней Универсиады-2017". Новости Уфы и Республики Башкортостан: GTRK.TV (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. Bech, Rasmus (2 May 2021). "Fairy tale breakthrough". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. Paul, Koulshik (15 January 2022). "India Open 2022: Russian Mixed Doubles Shuttler Rodion Alimov Withdraws After Testing COVID Positive". Outlook India. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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