Aliya Yussupova
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Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Aliya Yussupova is a
Career
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
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
In 2013, she started to train fellow Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast Sabina Ashirbayeva. Her other notable students include Alina Adilkhanova and Elzhana Taniyeva.
Achievements
- 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
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 | |||
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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
- ^ "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
- Aliya Yussupova at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Aliya Yussupova at the World Games
- Aliya Yussupova at Olympics.com
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