Aliya Garayeva

Aliya Garayeva
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented	Azerbaijan
Born	(1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 Yekaterinburg, Russia
Residence	Baku, Azerbaijan
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team	2006-2012
Club	Neftchi
Head coach(es)	Mariana Vasileva
Assistant coach(es)	Dinara Gimatova
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Retired	2012
Medal record Competitor for  Azerbaijan Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 Mie Ball 2011 Montpellier All-around 2010 Moscow Hoop 2010 Moscow Ball 2010 Moscow Ribbon 2010 Moscow Team 2009 Mie Team 2007 Patras Team European Championships 2007 Baku Rope 2009 Baku Team 2012 Nizhny Novgorod All-around 2010 Bremen All-around 2007 Baku Team World Cup Final 2008 Benidorm Rope Grand Prix Final 2010 Berlin Ball 2011 Brno All-around 2011 Brno Hoop 2011 Brno Ribbon 2011 Brno Clubs 2011 Brno Ball 2007 Innsbruck All-around 2007 Innsbruck Clubs World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Ribbon Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Clubs

Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) (Tatar: Cyrillic Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева, Latin Aliä Nurgayan qızı Gäräyeva; Azerbaijani: Aliyə Qarayeva; Russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a retired gymnast. She represented Russia (until 2005), and Azerbaijan (2006-2012). She is the 2011 World All-around bronze medalist, a two-time (2010, 2012) European All-around bronze medalist, two time (2007, 2011) Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist and five-time Azerbaijanii National champion.

Career

Garayeva became a two-time Azerbaijan champion in 2006 for her individual performances. She won bronze at the 2007 Grand Prix in Moscow in the all-around competition and two individual performances. Garayeva placed 6th in the all-around competition at the European Championships held in Moscow in 2006. She placed first in the ribbon and became the all-around bronze medalist. Garayeva finished third at international tournaments held in Russia, Greece and Italy.

In 2006, Garayeva finished 4th at a club world championship held in Japan. In February 2007, her team won a stage of the Italian club championship. Competing in her first Olympics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Garayeva finished 6th in the event all-around finals.

Garayeva won bronze at the 2010 World Championships in the individual apparatus finals in ball, ribbon and hoop. She also won the all-around bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships. The following year, Garayeva won the all-around bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France. She then competed at the Grand Prix Final and won bronze in all-around, as well as bronze in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon finals.

Garayeva started the 2012 season by winning bronze medal in the all-around at the Penza World Cup and the silver medal at the World Cup in Tashkent. She then won her second European all-around bronze medal at 2012 European Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Garayeva was 3rd in the qualifications. She finished 4th in the all-around finals with Belarus' Liubov Charkashyna taking the bronze medal. She completed her competitive career at the end of the 2012 Season.

Following the 2012 Olympics, Garayeva announced retiring from gymnastics.^[1] Garayeva married in 2013 and in 2014 began a career as a coach in rhythmic gymnastics.

Personal life

Garayeva was born in a Tatar family. Her mother, Vasilina Akhatovna Garaeva, is a rhythmic gymnastic coach. She is married to Azeri Javid Hajiyev, and on 7 August 2015 she gave birth to their first child; a son Timur.^[2]

Detailed Olympic results

References

External links

• Aliya Garayeva at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Aliya Garaeva with her mother
• Aliya Garaeva in childhood