Aliya Yussupova

Aliya Yussupova (Kazakh: Әлия Мақсұтқызы Жүсіпова, Álııa Maqsutqyzy Júsipova; born May 15, 1984) is an individual rhythmic gymnast who competed for Kazakhstan, coached by Irina Viner.

Aliya Yussupova
Personal information
Country represented	Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-05-15) May 15, 1984 Chimkent, 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 Representing  Kazakhstan Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Games 2006 Doha All-around 2006 Doha Team 2002 Busan All-around 2002 Busan Team World Cup Final 2004 Moscow Ball 2004 Moscow Clubs World Games 2005 Duisburg Clubs Summer Universiade 2005 Izmir Ball 2007 Bangkok Ball 2007 Bangkok Clubs 2009 Belgrade All-around 2009 Belgrade Hoop Asian Championships 2006 Surat All-around 2006 Surat Team 2006 Surat Rope 2006 Surat Ball 2006 Surat Clubs 2006 Surat Ribbon 2009 Astana All-around 2009 Astana Team 2009 Astana Rope 2009 Astana Hoop 2009 Astana Ball 2009 Astana Ribbon

Personal life

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

Career

Yussupova in 2015

Yussupova moved to Moscow, Russia 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 July 29 to August 3), 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.

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 2009-06-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
2. Aliya Yussupova is getting married Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

External links

• Aliya Yussupova at the International Gymnastics Federation