Yernar Yerimbetov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Yernar Saparbekovich Yerimbetov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative name(s) | Ernar Erimbetov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Almaty, Kazakh SSR | 15 February 1980|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Vladimir Espanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yernar Saparbekovich Yerimbetov (born 15 February 1980) is a Kazakhstani artistic gymnast. He is the 2006 Asian Games vault bronze medalist and the 2003 Summer Universiade vault and parallel bars champion and all-around silver medalist. He represented Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 14th in the all-around and eighth in the parallel bars final.
Yerimbetov first competed internationally at age 17 in the 1997 Junior International and finished 24th in the all-around. [2]
He began competing in senior competitions in 2000 and won a silver medal on the parallel bars behind Aljaž Pegan at the 2001 Cottbus World Cup. [3] At the 2001 World Championships, he was the leader in the all-around final at the halfway point of the competition, but a mistake in the fourth rotation caused him to fall to sixth place. [4] He also qualified for the floor exercise and vault finals, finishing seventh and fifth, respectively. [5]
Yerimbetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2002 Asian Games and finished fourth on the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. [6] He then won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2002 Glasgow World Cup. [7] He placed sixth in the vault final at the 2002 World Championships. [8]
Yerimbetov began the 2003 season with a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Paris World Cup. [9] He then won a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Glasgow World Cup. [10] At the 2003 Asian Championships, he won gold medals on the floor exercise and the horizontal bar and a silver medal on the vault. [4] He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2003 Summer Universiade behind South Korea's Yang Tae-young. In the event finals, he tied with Yang for the parallel bars title, and he tied with Latvia's Jevgēņijs Saproņenko for the vault title. [11] At the 2003 World Championships, he placed fourth in the all-around and was less than two-tenths of a point away from a medal. [12]
Yerimbetov won a silver medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2004 Cottbus World Cup. [13] Then at the World Cup in Lyon, he won the gold medal on the parallel bars. [14] He won three silver medals at the Rio de Janeiro World Cup- vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. [15] He then competed 2004 Summer Olympics and placed 14th in the all-around final after placing fifth in the qualification round. [16] In the parallel bars final, he finished eighth. [17] After the Olympic Games, he won a gold medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Ghent World Cup. [18] He then won a bronze medal on the vault at the Stuttgart World Cup. [19]
Yerimbetov won a gold medal on the horizontal bar at 2005 Ghent World Cup. [20] He then won a silver medal on the vault behind Marian Drăgulescu at the Paris World Cup. [21] Then at the 2005 Summer Universiade, he won a silver medal on the parallel bars and a bronze medal on the vault. [22] He finished 17th in the all-around final at the 2005 World Championships. [23]
Yerimbetov won bronze medals on the vault at both the 2006 Cottbus World Cup and the 2006 Asian Games. [24] [25] He then finished fourth in the vault final at the 2006 World Championships. [26]
In 2007, Yerimbetov seriously injured his shoulder, causing him to miss the 2008 Summer Olympics, but he returned to competition at the end of 2008. [27] He competed on the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar at the 2009 World Championships but did not advance past the qualification round. [28]
Yerimbetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2010 Asian Games and helped his team finish fourth. [29] Individually, he finished fourth in the vault final and fifth in the horizontal bar final. [30] He competed in the all-around at the 2010 World Championships and placed 60th in the qualification round. [31]
Yerimbetov won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2011 Doha World Cup. [32] His final major competition was the 2011 World Championships, [33] and he helped Kazakhstan place 24th as a team. [34]
Yerimbetov married a former gymnast, and in 2003, their son Malik was born. [4]
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