Amir Zakirov
Kazakh breakdancer
Amir Zakirov (Kazakh: Әмір Вадимұлы Зәкіров; born 10 October 1997) is a Kazakh breakdancer. After winning multiple breakdancing competitions, including the 2021 Red Bull BC One, he qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He was named to the Forbes Kazakhstan 30 Under 30 list in 2022.
Biography
Zakirov was born on 10 October 1997 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan. He grew up in a small Kazakh city and enjoyed dancing, but there were limited opportunities for him to do so. He self-trained in parkour before discovering a breakdancing class in 2009. Olympics.com noted:
One day while walking home from school he saw a poster advertising a breaking school. Sensing this was his chance he ripped the poster off the wall and brought it home to his parents. "I stole this poster so that other people wouldn't see it," Amir recalls remembering how much the discovery meant to him.
Zakirov was signed up for classes, using limited money he had from selling copper.
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