| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 July 1995 [1] Astana, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2009—present | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Climbing career | |||||||||||||||
| Type of climber | Competition speed climbing | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amir Maimuratov (born 19 July 1995) is a Kazakhstani competition speed climber. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Maimuratov attended Kazakh-British Technical University. [1]
During the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Maimuratov finished in second place with a time of 4.95 seconds. [2] [3] He finished third overall in the Olympic Qualifier Series rankings and qualified to represent Kazakhstan at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [4]
During the men's speed climbing event, he finished in second place in the qualification round with a personal best time of 4.89 seconds. [5] He defeated Joshua Bruyns in the elimination round to advance to the quarterfinals, and finished in fifth place after losing in the quarterfinals to Reza Alipour. [6]
| Discipline | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Speed | 5 |
| Discipline | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 70 | 52 | 19 | — | 16 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Discipline | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 38 | 10 | — | 46 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 9 |
| Combined | — | — | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Discipline | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | 4 | — | — | 5 | — | 8 | 13 | 34 | 2 |
| Bouldering | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — |
| Lead | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — |
| Combined | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — |
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