Aliya Yussupova
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Country represented | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 15 May 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Irina Viner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Natalia Rogozhina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Veronika Shatkova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aliya Yussupova (Kazakh: Әлия Мақсұтқызы Жүсіпова, Äliia Maqsūtqyzy Jüsıpova; born 15 May 1984) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Kazakhstan, coached by Irina Viner. In February 2021, she became the president of the Kazakhstan Gymnastics Federation.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Aliya Yussupova is a Sunni Muslim of Kazakh ethnicity.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Yussupova moved to Moscow and began training with renowned Russian coach Irina Viner.
She won two silver medals in ball and clubs at the 2004 World Cup Final in Moscow. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, she qualified for the finals in 5th place. In the finals, she took fourth place with a total of 103.975 (Ribbon 25.550, Clubs 26.325, Ball 26.600, Hoop 25.500).
Yussupova won the Kazakhstani National Championships in the individual all-around competition in 2000–2005. At the 2006 Asian championships in Surat, India (from 29 July to 3 August), she swept the rhythmic gymnastics medals. She won six gold medals, including four individual apparatus titles, the team gold and the individual all-around title. At the 2007 World Championships, she finished 6th in the all-around.
She competed in her second Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished 5th in the all-around event finals. She was the all-around bronze medalist at the 2009 Universiade. At the 2009 Asian championships in Astana, she won all six gold medals again.
Yussupova retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season.
Coaching career
[edit]In 2013, she started to train fellow Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast Sabina Ashirbayeva. Her other notable students include Alina Adilkhanova and Elzhana Taniyeva.
Achievements
[edit]- First Asian and Kazakh rhythmic gymnast to medal at the World Cup final.
- First Kazakh gymnast to place in top 10 Finals in the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008).
Detailed Olympic results
[edit]Year | Competition description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Score - final | Score - qualifying |
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2008 | Olympics | Beijing | All-around | 69.800 | 69.800 | |
Music from Da Vinci Code by Hans Zimmer | Hoop | 17.625 | 17.900 | |||
Scott & Fran's Paso Doble by David Hirschfelder & The Bogo Pogo Orchestra | Rope | 17.825 | 17.575 | |||
Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian | Clubs | 17.650 | 17.575 | |||
Artsakh by Ara Gevorkian | Ribbon | 16.700 | 16.750 |
Year | Competition description | Location | Music | Apparatus | Score - final | Score - qualifying |
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2004 | Olympics | Athens | All-around | 103.975 | 101.500 | |
Mystics Lullaby / Anatolian Deluxe / Marrakesh Night Market by Loreena McKennitt / Turkish Percussion Group |
Ball | 26.600 | 26.150 | |||
Bolero (Closing Credits) music from Moulin Rouge by Steve Sharples |
Hoop | 25.500 | 25.800 | |||
Ya Habibi Yallah by Alabina | Clubs | 26.325 | 25.725 | |||
Op-sa by Esil Dyuran | Ribbon | 25.550 | 23.825 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Women in sport: Aliya Yussupova's Olympic goals". olympic.kz. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Interview with Aliya Yussupova Archived 3 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Aliya Yussupova is getting married Archived 12 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
External links
[edit]- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Shymkent
- Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts for Kazakhstan
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
- Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games
- Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- World Games silver medalists
- World Games medalists in gymnastics
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
- Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- World Games medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 2005 World Games
- Gymnastics coaches