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Zohra Aghamirova

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Zohra Aghamirova
Personal information
Country represented Azerbaijan
Born (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)[1]
Baku, Azerbaijan[2]
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubOjaq Sports Club
Head coach(es)Yevgeniya Vilyayeva, Mariana Vasileva
Medal record
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Azerbaijan
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku Ball
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Ribbon
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Ball
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples All-around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Hoop
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chengdu Ribbon

Zohra Aghamirova (Azerbaijani: Zöhrə Ağamirova; born 8 August 2001) is an Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

Personal life

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Aghamirova began gymnastics when she was three and started rhythmic gymnastics when she was four.[4] She joined the national school for gymnasts in 2015.[5] In 2018, she started studying at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport.[4]

Career

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Junior

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Aghamirova started the 2016 season at Miss Valentine in Tartu, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around and qualified to three finals. She won a silver medal with clubs and bronze medals with rope and ball.[6] She won the all-around at the 2016 Azerbaijani Junior National Championships. In the apparatus finals, she also won gold with rope, silver with ball and bronze with clubs.

She competed at the 2016 European Championships in Holon, Israel, where she and her teammates Ilaha Mammadova and Veronika Hudis won 8th place in the junior team competition. In the qualification round, she placed 15th in clubs and 37th with ball.[7]

Senior

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At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, which were hosted in her home country of Azerbaijan, Aghamirova won the gold medal in the team competition with Marina Durunda and Zhala Piriyeva.[8] She made her World Championship debut at the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, Italy, and she placed twenty-seventh in the all-around qualifications.

In 2018, Aghamirova competed at the European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, where she finished eighteenth in the all-around. At the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, she qualified to the individual all-around final, finishing in twenty-fourth place.

In June 2019, Aghamirova represented Azerbaijan at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where she finished eighth place in the all-around competition. In July, she took part in the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy and won a silver medal in the all-around. She qualified to all four apparatus finals, and she won another silver medal in clubs.[9]

The 2019 World Championships were held in her hometown of Baku, Azerbaijan. Aghamirova said that the competition was important to her both because of its location and because it was a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5] She finished in sixteenth place in the all-around final, which won Azerbaijan a spot at the Olympic games.[10]

In 2021, she competed in the European Championships and placed 16th in the all-around.[11] Aghamirova was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics, and at the 2020 Olympic Games, she finished eighteenth in the qualification round for the individual all-around.[12] Later that year, at the 2021 World Championships, she was 24th place in the all-around qualifications and did not advance to the final.[13]

In June 2022, she competed at the European Championships and placed 9th in the all-around, her best placement at that competition thus far.[14] In August, she competed at the delayed 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. She won gold in the team competition with her teammates Alina Gozalova, Ilona Zeynalova, and the Azerbaijani group. Individually, she also won gold in the clubs and ribbon finals, silver with hoop, and bronze with ball.[15] In September, she was selected for the World Championships. She was 13th in the all-around final and reached two apparatus finals; she finished 6th with hoop and 5th with ribbon.[16]

Aghamirova performing a back standing split in her ribbon routine at the 2024 Summer Olympics

In May 2023, Aghamirova competed at the European Championships and won her first medal, a bronze in the ball final. She said that she was very happy to win a medal at the European Championships.[17] In July, she competed at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games. She won three medals: bronze with ribbon and silver with clubs and hoop.[18] She then competed at the World Championships in August. In the qualification round, she was 12th, which was high enough to once again win an Olympic quota for Azerbaijan. She finished in 18th in the all-around final.[19] At the end of the year, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year for Azerbaijan along with Govhar Beydullayeva and Irina Zaretska and one of the top ten athletes of the year.[20]

At the 2024 European Championships, she placed 17th in the all-around final.[21] In August, she competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she placed 19th and did not advance to the final.[22]

Routine music information

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Year Apparatus Music title [23]
2020 Hoop "Кибитка" by Ирина Дюкова
Ball "Back in Black" by Sershen&Zaritskaya
Clubs "Ona Hei" by Jeff van Dyck
Ribbon unknown
2019 Hoop "Lion" by Kodo
Ball unknown
Clubs "MortalKombat (Remix)" by Joe Burgess
Ribbon "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica

References

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  1. ^ "Zohra Aghamirova". Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyası. 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ "AGHAMIROVA Zohra". FIG. 24 December 2020.
  3. ^ "AGHAMIROVA Zohra". Olympics.com.
  4. ^ a b "The acquaintance with the representatives of Azerbaijan at the World Championships: Zohra Aghamirova". Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  5. ^ a b "Local support strengths Azerbaijan's Aghamirova as Worlds approach". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ^ "3 "SILVERS" AND 3 "BRONZES" OF AZERBAIJANI YOUNG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTS". Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyası. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ^ "THE EUROPEAN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyası. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  8. ^ "First award – Gold meda". Azərbaycan Gimnastika Federasiyası. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Summer Universiade 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ Kerimkhanov, Abdul (2019-09-20). "Fifth day results of Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku". Azernews.Az. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  11. ^ "37th European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics All-Around Final Seniors" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 13 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Individual All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  13. ^ "38th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 29 October 2021.
  14. ^ "38th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships All-around Final Individual Seniors" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 18 June 2022.
  15. ^ "5th Islamic Solidarity Games Result Book" (PDF). 14 August 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2022.
  16. ^ Ismayilova, Laman (2022-09-19). "National team ranks third at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". Azernews.Az. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  17. ^ Babayeva, Jani (2023-05-21). "It was my dream… Zohra Agamirova about winning bronze medal at European Championship". Trend.Az. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  18. ^ Babayeva, Jani (2023-07-31). "Azerbaijani gymnast wins silver and bronze medals at Summer World University Games". Trend.Az. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  19. ^ "40-cı dünya çempionatı Olimpiya lisenziyası ilə yadda qaldı" [The 40th World Championship was marked by an Olympic license]. Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation (in Azerbaijani). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  20. ^ Ismayilova, Laman (2023-12-27). "Ministry of Youth and Sports awards best sportsmen of year". Azernews.Az. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  21. ^ "Results for 40th Senior European Championships Budapest". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  22. ^ "Individual All-Around - Qualification results" (PDF). Olympics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Durunda RG music list". rgforum. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
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