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 name	Rodion Igorevich Alimov
Country	Russia
Born	(1998-04-21) 21 April 1998 (age 27) Ufa, Russia
Residence	Ufa, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Years active	2016–present
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	100 (MD with Pavel Kotsarenko 13 July 2017) 18 (XD with Alina Davletova 18 January 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