Zhala Piriyeva

Zhala Piriyeva
— Gymnast —
Full name Zhala Azad qızı Piriyeva
Country represented  Azerbaijan
Born May 10, 2000
Baku, Azerbaijan
Height 149 cm (4 ft 11 in) / 4'8"
Weight 35 kg (77 lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Club Ocaq Sport club
Head coach(es) Mariana Vasileva
Assistant coach(es) Valentina Ukleina

Zhala Piriyeva (Azerbaijani: Jalə Azad qızı Piriyeva; born May 10, 2000 in Azerbaijan) is a Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast. She is the two time (2013, 2014) junior Azerbaijani national champion.

Career

Junior

Piriyeva began gymnastics at 4 years old. She began appearing in international competitions in the 2012 season winning gold in all-around at an International tournament in Hungary. In 2013, Piriyeva won 3 gold medals in Valentine Cup in Estonia in hoop, ball and clubs. She competed in the junior division at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Ukraine's Eleonora Romanova, she has also competed in the 2013 World Cup series.

In 2014, Piriyeva started her season competing at the 2014 Miss Valentine in Tartu, Estonia where she won gold in hoop.[1] She competed in events in the 2014 World Cup series in Debrecen with Team Azerbaijan taking bronze, in Lisbon where she won 2 gold medals in hoop and ribbon, In Minsk she qualified to ribbon finals finishing 5th. In June 10-16, Piriyeva competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships where team Azerbaijan won bronze, she qualified to 3 event finals and won silver medal in hoop behind Russia's Yulia Bravikova.[2] In October 17-19, Piriyeva traveled in Tokyo for the 2014 Aeon Cup, representing team Ocaq club (together with senior teammates Marina Durunda and Gulsum Shafizadeh) where they finished 5th in team event. She won bronze in the junior all-around behind Belarusian Mariya Trubach.

References

  1. ↑ "Twelve medals from Tartu". Baku2014.
  2. ↑ "Azərbaycan gimnastı Jalə Piriyeva Avropa Çempionatında gümüş medal aldı". moden azerbaijan.

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