Gymnastics in Azerbaijan

Gymnastics (Azerbaijani: Gimnastika) is the unofficial national sport of Azerbaijan.

History

Gymnastics was introduced to Azerbaijan in USSR period as in 1961, Azerbaijani gymnast Lina Vinnikova participated in world tournament in Germany.

Aside from the artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics started to develop in Azerbaijan after the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rhythmic gymnastics particularly boosted after Mehriban Aliyeva become President of Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation in 2002.^[1]

Azerbaijan produced many notable talented gymnasts including Valery Belenky, Aliya Garayeva, Anna Gurbanova, Dinara Gimatova and hosted big competitions like 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships and 2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. As of November 2013, Yulia Inshina and Anna Pavlova will be representing Azerbaijan.

References

↑ Development of gymnastics in Azerbaijan

External links

Official website of Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation (Azerbaijani) (English) (Russian) (French)

Sport in Azerbaijan

Main sports	Football in Azerbaijan Chess in Azerbaijan Gymnastics in Azerbaijan Ice hockey in Azerbaijan Rugby union in Azerbaijan

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Chess	Chess in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Chess Federation Azerbaijani Chess Championship List of Azerbaijani chess players

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