Aliya Yussupova

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.

Aliya Yussupova
Personal information
Country represented Kazakhstan
Born (1984-05-15) 15 May 1984
Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
HometownShymkent, Kazakhstan
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Former coach(es)Natalia Rogozhina
ChoreographerVeronika Shatkova
Retired2009
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha All-around
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan All-around
Silver medal – second place 2002 Busan Team
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place2004 MoscowBall
Silver medal – second place2004 MoscowClubs
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Duisburg Clubs
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Izmir Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2007 BangkokRibbon
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Hoop
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat All-around
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat Rope
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat Ball
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2006 Surat Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana All-around
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana Rope
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana Ball
Gold medal – first place 2009 Astana Ribbon

Personal life

Aliya Yussupova is of Kazakh ethnicity.[1][2]

Career
Yussupova in 2015

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. In the finals she was placed fourth 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. In 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 individual all-around title. She finished 6th in All-around at the 2007 World Championships.

Yussupova competed in her second Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished 5th at the All-around event finals. She was the also all around bronze medalist at the 2009 Universiade and in 2009 Asian championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, she won all the gold medals again.

Yussupova retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season. In 2013, she started to train fellow Kazakhstan rhythmic gymnast Sabina Ashirbayeva who achieved 18th place at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and it is improving under her tutelage.

Coaching career

Her notable students include Sabina Ashirbayeva, 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
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
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
  1. Interview with Aliya Yussupova Archived 3 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  2. Aliya Yussupova is getting married Archived 12 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

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