Rodion Igorevich Alimov (; born 21 April 1998) is a Russian

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player. He won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in

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and at the European Championships in

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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

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. He won his first international title at the 2016 Bulgaria International partnered with Alina Davletova. 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. At the same year, the duo also won the bronze medal at the

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in Taipei. Alimov and Davletova became the first Russians winning the

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in mixed doubles, doing so in

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

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Achievements

European Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Summer Universiade

''Mixed doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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(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. ''Mixed doubles''

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

''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alimov, Rodion 1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Ufa Russian male badminton players Summer World University Games medalists in badminton FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Russian sportsmen