Rodion Igorevich Alimov (; born 21 April 1998) is a Russian badminton player. He won the mixed doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 2017 and at the European Championships in 2021.
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. 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 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. Alimov and Davletova became the first Russians winning the European Championships in mixed doubles, doing so in 2021.
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.
Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned by the BWF from participating in all levels of tournaments. However, on 30 June 2025, Alimov and Maksim Ogloblin were accepted to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes. They marked their return to the court at the 2025 Lagos International, competing men's doubles event.
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, 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.
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 (8 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2025 Lagos International Maksim Ogloblin P.S Ravikrishna Somi Romdhani 21–15, 21–12 Winner 2025 Astana International Maksim Ogloblin Muhammad Rian Ardianto Rahmat Hidayat 10–21, 14–21 Runner-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
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