Sabina Ashirbayeva

Sabina Ashirbayeva
— Gymnast —
Country represented	Kazakhstan
Born	(1998-11-05) November 5, 1998 Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Hometown	Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Years on national team	2010-present
Club	Aliya Yusupova School
Head coach(es)	Aliya Yussupova
World ranking	17 (2016 Season)-(As of 1 July 2016)[1] 34 (2015 Season)[2] 45 (2014 Season)[3]
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Asian Championships 2016 Tashkent Hoop 2016 Tashkent Ribbon 2016 Tashkent All-around 2016 Tashkent Clubs 2015 Jecheon Team 2015 Jecheon Clubs 2015 Jecheon Ball

Sabina Ashirbayeva (Kazakh: Сабина Әшірбаева; Russian: Сабина Аширбаева, born November 5, 1998) is an individual Kazakh rhythmic gymnast.

Personal life

Ashirbayeva speaks Kazakh and Russian.^[4] Her idols in rhythmic gymnastics are Yana Kudryavtseva and Yanina Batyrchina. She holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan.^[5]

Career

Junior

Ashirbayeva has won junior competitions in Kazakhstan for ages 1998-1999, she trains at the Aliya Yusupova School in Shymkent. Her coach, Yussupova was a competitive elite rhythmic gymnast who has placed 4th at the 2004 Olympics and 5th at the 2008 Olympics. Ashirbayeva began appearing in junior international competitions in 2010. In 2012, She competed at the 2012 Moscow Junior Grand Prix and Schmiden International.

In 2013, Ashirbayeva was again at the 2013 Moscow Junior Grand Prix. At the 2013 Valentine Junior World Cup, Ashirbayeva won silver in clubs, bronze medals in hoop, ball and ribbon. She finished 4th in all-around at the 2013 Holon Junior Grand Prix.

Senior

In 2014 Season, Ashirbayeva began competing in senior tournaments appearing at the 2014 Holon Grand Prix, she finished 4th in the all-around. She also competed at the FIG World Cup Series, finishing 19th in the all-around in Pesaro, 27th in Sofia and at the 2014 World Cup Final in Kazan, she finished 27th in the all-around. She was member of the Kazakh team that won team bronze at the 2014 Asian Games and finished 7th in the all-around finals behind Japan's Sakura Hayakawa.

In 2015, Ashirbayeva started her season at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix, competing in the international tournament division finishing 5th in all-around behind Israel's Linoy Ashram. She won the all-around gold at the 2015 Zhuldyz Cup in Astana. At the 2015 Lisboa World Cup, she finished 17th in the all-around. Ashirbayeva won 2 bronze medals (hoop, clubs) at the 2015 Asian Championships in Jecheon, South Korea. in August, at the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Ashirbayeva finished 17th in all-around with a total of 67.550 points. In September 9–13, Ashirbayeva competed in her first Worlds at the 2015 World Championships were she qualified to the all-around finals finishing in 18th place with a total score of 68.931 points.^[6]

In 2016, Ashirbayeva kept all her routines from 2015; she began her season competing at the 2016 Gracia Cup in Budapest and finished 9th in the all-around, she qualified to 1 event finals and finished 7th in ribbon. In February 17-22, she competed at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 20th in the all-around and qualified to ribbon final.^[7] In Feb 26-28, she competed at the 2016 Espoo World Cup finishing 11th in the all-around with a total of 69.300, she qualified to ribbon final.^[8] On March 17-20, Ashirbayeva then competed at the 2016 Lisboa World Cup where she finished 10th in the all-around with a total of 69.700 and qualified to ball, ribbon finals. On April 1-3, she competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 12th in the all-around with a total of 70.250 points. On April 21-22, Ashirbayeva won an Olympics license by finishing first amongst a top 8 selection of highest score for non qualified gymnasts at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event held in Rio de Janeiro.^[9] Ashirbayeva won the all-around bronze medal at the 2016 Asian Championships in Tashkent with a total of 70.500 points.^[10] On July 1-3, Ashirbayeva competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup finishing 8th in the all-around with a total of 70.250 points, she qualified for the hoop, ball and clubs final.^[11] On July 8-10, Ashirbayeva then finished 13th in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup with a total of 70.250 points. On July 22-24, culminating the World Cup of the season in 2016 Baku World Cup, Ashirbayeva finished 16th in the all-around. On August 19-20, Ashirbayeva competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished 12th in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications and did not advanced into the top 10 finals.

Gymnastic skills

Ashirbayeva has executed a quadruple penchee turn and a triple Kanaeva ring pivot.

Routine music information

References

External links

• Sabina Ashirbayeva at International Federation of Gymnastics
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Sabina Ashirbayeva on Instagram