Aliya Yussupova
Personal information
Country represented	Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-05-15) 15 May 1984 (age 39) 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 Ribbon 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

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. In February 2021, she became the president of the Kazakhstan Gymnastics Federation.^[1]

Personal life

Aliya Yussupova is a Sunni Muslim of Kazakh ethnicity.^[2][3]

Career

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 place. In the finals, she took fourth place 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. At the 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 the individual all-around title. At the 2007 World Championships, she finished 6th in the all-around.

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

Yussupova retired from competition at the end of the 2009 season.

Coaching career

In 2013, she started to train fellow Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast Sabina Ashirbayeva. Her other notable students include Alina Adilkhanova and 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