Gymnastics in Azerbaijan

Gymnastics (Azerbaijani: Gimnastika) is a popular sport in Azerbaijan.

History

Gymnastics was introduced to Azerbaijan in the Soviet period when Azerbaijani gymnast Lina Vinnikova participated in the 1961 world tournament in Germany.

Aside from artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics started to develop in Azerbaijan after the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rhythmic gymnastics was particularly boosted after Mehriban Aliyeva become President of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation in 2002.[1]

Azerbaijan has produced many notable and talented gymnasts including Valery Belenky, Aliya Garayeva, Anna Gurbanova, Dinara Gimatova and hosted big competitions like the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, 2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships and 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. As of November 2013, Yulia Inshina and Anna Pavlova will be representing Azerbaijan.

In 2015, the National Gymnastics Arena was built in Azerbaijan.

Events

The first sporting championship in 5 disciplines of gymnastics (Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline Gymnastics, Acrobatic Gymnastics and Aerobic Gymnastics) – the Joint Gymnastics Championships in Azerbaijan – was organized in August 2014.[2] In December 2014, an Inter-regional Cup was conducted in the framework of Azerbaijan and Baku Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship.[3] In March 2015, the Open Joint Azerbaijan Championship in Gymnastics was organized as a test event before Baku 2015.[4]

Azerbaijan hosted several international championships in gymnastics:

Competitions Date
World Cup series in Rhythmic Gymnastics (A category) August 2003[5]
World Cup series in Rhythmic Gymnastics (A category) April 2004[6]
The World Cup A series (“AGF” Cup) in Rhythmic Gymnastics May 2005[7]
The 27th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship October 2005[8]
The 23rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship June–July 2007[9]
25th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships May 2009[10]
30th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships June 2014[11]
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup AGF Trophy February 2016[12]
FIG World Trampoline Gymnastics Cup AGF Trophy March 2016[13]
The FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy July 2016[14]
FIG Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling World Cup AGF Trophy February 2017[15]
FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy March 2017[16]
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series AGF Trophy April 2017[17]
FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup AGF Trophy March 2018[18]
26th European Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline April 2018[19]
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, AGF Trophy April 2018[20]
FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup, AGF Trophy November 2018[21]
FIG World Cup in Trampoline Gymnastics and Tumbling, AGF Trophy 2019 February 2019[22]
FIG Artistic Gymnastics Individual Apparatus World Cup, AGF Trophy 2019 March 2019[23]
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup, AGF Trophy 2019 April 2019[24]
35th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships May 2019[25]
The 11th European Aerobic Gymnastics Championships May 2019[26]
FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships September 2019[27]

Medal winners
Championship Individual/Team Rank Event Year
23rd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship Aliya Garayeva 1st place, gold medalist(s) Rope June–July 2007[28]
Team of Aliya Garayeva, Dinara Gimatova, and Anna Gurbanova 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
28th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship Team of Aliya Garayeva, Dinara Gimatova, Anna Gurbanova, Zeynab Javadli 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) September 2007[29]
"AEON Cup" Worldwide Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Championship Team of Aliya Garayeva, Zeynab Javadli and Samira Mustafayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) October 2008[30]
25th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Team of Aliya Garayeva and Anna Gurbanova 2nd place, silver medalist(s) May 2009[31]
Anna Gurbanova 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final of Ball
Junior Team of Sabina Abbasova, Nigar Abdusalimova,

Yevgeniya Zhidkova, Ayelita Khalafova,

Kamilla Mammadova, Lala Maharramova

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final of Ribbons
8th World Game Aliya Garayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final exercise with a Ribbon at Rhythmic Gymnastics July 2009[32]
Women's Pair - Ayla Ahmadova and Dilara Sultanova 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final of Combined exercises at Acrobatic Gymnastics
29th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Aliya Garayeva 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with a Ball September 2009[33]
Team of Aliya Garayeva, Anna Gurbanova, Zeynab Javadli 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
24th European Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships Women's Pair of Ayla Ahmadova and Dilara Sultanova 1st place, gold medalist(s)

2nd place, silver medalist(s)

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 Dynamic

Balance

All-Around Final

 October 2009[34]
26th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Aliya Garayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) All-Around April 2010[35]
Lala Yusifova 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final of Ball
Team of Irada Ahadzada, Madina Hasanova, Mansura Mehdiyeva, Aliya Pashayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) in total of two performances (4 Hoops, 4 Ribbons)
30th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Aliya Garayeva 3 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Final exercises with a Hoop, a Ball and a Ribbon September 2010[36]
Team of Aliya Garayeva, Anna Gurbanova, Samira Mustafayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
27th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Team of Lala Yusifova, Aysha Mustafayeva,

Mansura Bagiyeva, Aynur Jabbarli, Sabina Garatova,

Siyana Vasileva

 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final with 5 Ropes May 2011[37]
26th World Universiade Aliya Garayeva 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with Clubs at Rhythmic Gymnastics August 2011[38]
31st World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Aliya Garayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) All-Around Final September 2011[39]
28th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Aliya Garayeva 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) All-Around Final June 2012[40]
Nilufar Niftaliyeva (junior) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final of Hoop
Gulsum Shafizada (junior) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final of Ribbon
"Children of Asia" 5th International Sports Games Nilufar Niftaliyeva 2 1st, gold medalist(s)

1 2nd, silver medalist(s)

 All-Around, Clubs

Hoop

July 2012[41]
Mansura Bagiyeva 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

 Ribbon

Ball

London Olympic Games Aliya Garayeva 4th All-Around Final at Rhythmic Gymnastics August 2012[42]
29th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Junior Team of Gulsum Shafizada, Nilufar Niftaliyeva,

Sabina Hummatova, Aleksandra Platonova, Emilya Bagiyeva, Aynur Mustafayeva

 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with 5 Hoops June 2013[43]
European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Anna Pavlova 2nd place, silver medalist(s) May 2014[44]
30th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Team of Siyana Vasileva, Aliya Pashayeva, Diana Doman, Aleksandra Platonova,

Aynur Mustafayeva

 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with 3 Balls and 2 Ribbons June 2014[45]
Zhala Piriyeva 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with a Hoop
Junior team of Zhala Piriyeva and Zuleykha Ismayilova 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
31st Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships Marina Durunda 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final with a Ribbon May 2015[46]
Baku 2015 Oleg Stepko 1st place, gold medalist(s) Final on Parallel Bars June 2015[47]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) All-Around
2nd place, silver medalist(s) on Pommel Horse
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) on Vault Artistic Gymnastics
Team of Oleg Stepko, Petro Pakhnyuk, Eldar Safarov 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Artistic Gymnastics
Marina Durunda 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final with a Ribbon at Rhythmic Gymnastics
Ilya Grishunin 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final Trampoline Gymnastics
34th World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Marina Durunda 6th All-Around Final September 2015[48]
8th European Age Group Competitions in Acrobatic Gymnastics Men's Pair of Seymur Jafarov and Murad Akparov 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final Combined exercises September 2015[48]
Mixed Pair of Aghasif Rahimov and Nurjan Jabbarli 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
46th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Oleg Stepko 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Final on Parallel Bars November 2015[49]
9th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Age Group Competitions Men's Pair (Seymur Jafarov-Murad Akparov) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final Combined exercises March 2016[50]
Mixed Pair (Aghasif Rahimov-Nurjan Jabbarli) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Final Combined exercises
25th European Championships in Trampoline Gymnastics,

Tumbling and Double-mini Trampoline

 Dmitri Fedorovski 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Double-mini Trampoline April 2016[51]
2017 World Games Synchro Pair of Veronika Zemlianaia and Sviatlana Makshtarova 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Trampoline July 2017[52]
2017 Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships Mixed pair of Aghasif Rahimov and Nurjan Jabbarli 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) final of All-Around and Balance exercises among juniors October 2017[53]
25th Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions Mikhail Malkin 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tumbling November 2017[54]

See also

Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation

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