Aliya Garayeva

Aliya Garayeva
Personal information
Country represented	Azerbaijan
Former countries represented	Russia
Born	(1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 (age 29) Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia SFSR, Soviet Union
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 Representing  Azerbaijan Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 Mie Ball 2007 Patras Team 2009 Mie Team 2010 Moscow Hoop 2010 Moscow Ball 2010 Moscow Ribbon 2010 Moscow Team 2011 Montpellier All-around European Championships 2007 Baku Rope 2009 Baku Team 2007 Baku Team 2010 Bremen All-around 2012 Nizhny Novgorod All-around World Cup Final 2008 Benidorm Rope Grand Prix Final 2010 Berlin Ball 2007 Innsbruck All-around 2007 Innsbruck Clubs 2011 Brno All-around 2011 Brno Hoop 2011 Brno Ribbon 2011 Brno Clubs 2011 Brno Ball 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; Russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Azerbaijani individual rhythmic 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.

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.

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