Kamilla Aliyeva
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| Country represented |  Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 2006 Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Baku, Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2022- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ojaq Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mariana Vasileva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Siyana Vasileva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kamilla Aliyeva (born 3 April 2006) is an Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2022 World 3 ribbons + 2 balls bronze medalist and 2022 European group All-Around, 5 hoops and 3 ribbons and 2 balls bronze medalist.
Career
[edit]Aliyeva took up the sport at age six after her grandmother saw her walk on her tiptoes and do movements that looked like gymnastics.[2]
Kamilla became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022 and became part of the national group. Between April and May she competed at two World Cups, Baku where the group won gold with 5 hoops and silver in the All-Around,[3] and Pamplona where they won two bronze medals in the two event finals.[4] Then at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, the Azerbaijani group won the bronze medals in the group All-Around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[5]
She represented Azerbaijan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games where the Azerbaijani group won the gold medal in the all-around. Then in the event finals, they won gold in 3 ribbons + 2 balls and silver in 5 hoops behind Uzbekistan.[6] Aliyeva also competed at the 2022 World Championships alongside Laman Alimuradova, Gullu Aghalarzade, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Darya Sorokina. In the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, the group won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy. This marked the first time an Azerbaijani group won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "ALIYEVA Kamilla - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Гимнастика как образ жизни: Как живут и тренируются азербайджанские гимнастки, ворвавшиеся в мировую элиту - ФОТО". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "2022 European Championships Result Books" (PDF). europeangymnastics.
- ^ "5th Islamic Solidarity Games - Rhythmic Gymnastics Groups Results" (PDF). Konya 2021. 13 August 2021. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Italian, Bulgarian Groups end Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds on top". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- Living people
- 2006 births
- Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts
- Gymnasts from Baku
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- 21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan