| Aibota Yertaikyzy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 2004 Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2021-present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Specialised Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve No.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yekaterina Panchenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Aliya Yussupova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aibota Yertaikyzy (born 28 March 2004) is a Kazakh rhythmic gymnast. [1] She represents her country in international competitions.
Aibota debuted in the senior category at the 2021 World Cup in Minsk, ending 15th in the All-Around, 12th with hoop, 11th with ball, 12th with clubs and 20th with ribbon. [2]
In 2022, she competed at the World Cup in Athens, taking 14th in the All-Around, 17th with hoop, 9th with ball, 11th with clubs and 11th with ribbon. [3] A week later she was in Sofia, being 15th in the All-Around, 16th with hoop, 17th with ball, 12th with clubs and 13th with ribbon. [4] From June 23 to 26, she participated at the 2022 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pattaya, winning silver in the team category. [5] [6] In August, Yertaikyzy competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, where she won bronze in teams. [7] In September, Aibota took part in the World Championships in Sofia along with Elzhana Taniyeva and the senior group, taking 24th place in the All-Around, 18th with hoop, 29th with ball, 24th with clubs and 17th with ribbon. [8]
The following year she debuted at the World Cup in Athens, being 14th in the All-Around, 12th with hoop, 12th with ball, 19th with clubs and 16th with ribbon. [9] In April she took 10th place overall, 15th with hoop, 20th with ball, 9th with clubs and 6th with ribbon in Tashkent. [10] She won a bronze medal in All-around at the World Challenge Cup Portimão behind Darja Varfolomeev and Evita Griskenas and two more medals in apparatus finals, a bronze in Hoop and a silver in Ball. [11]
In 2024 she was selected for the Asian Championships in Tashkent, winning silver in teams (along Elzhana Taniyeva and the senior group) and with ball, bronze with hoop and gold in the ribbon final. [12]
