Amina Zaripova Russian athlete Date of Birth: 10.08.1976 Country: Russia

Content:

1. Biography of Amina Zaripova
2. 1993 World Championships, Alicante
3. 1994 World Championships, Paris
4. 1995 World Championships, Vienna
5. 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta

Biography of Amina Zaripova

Amina Zaripova, a Russian athlete, represented rhythmic gymnastics in individual exercises. She was a multiple world champion and a Honored Master of Sports in rhythmic gymnastics. Amina Zaripova was born in 1976 in a Tatar family in the city of Chirchik, Uzbekistan. She started practicing rhythmic gymnastics relatively late, at the age of 10. The young girl was noticed completely by chance when she came to Tashkent with her mother for shopping. However, her natural flexibility, artistry, and dance abilities allowed her to make an impressive career in rhythmic gymnastics. She trained under Nina Kaplan. After the dissolution of the USSR, she moved to Russia, where she continued her sports activities at the Novogorsk Gymnastics Center under I. A. Viner as a member of the Russian national team (1992). From 1992 until the end of her sports career in 1998, Amina Zaripova became a five-time world champion in various program types, three-time European champion, and twice (1994, 1995) Russian champion. After retiring from competitive performances in 1999, Amina started coaching. For some time, she coached the youth national team of Greece. Currently, she works as a coach for the Russian youth national team and the Olympic Training Center of the Gymnastics Federation of Moscow. In 2002, she graduated from the Russian State Academy of Physical Education. She is married to Alexey Kortnev, the leader of the band "Neschastny Sluchay" (Unfortunate Accident). They have two sons (Arseny and Afanasiy) and a daughter Aksinya from this marriage.

1993 World Championships, Alicante

7th place - ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon; 3rd place - individual all-around, team.

1994 World Championships, Paris

4th place - ball; 3rd place - clubs; 8th place - hoop; 2nd place - individual all-around, ribbon.

1995 World Championships, Vienna

1st place - ball, clubs, team; 5th place - individual all-around; 2nd place - ribbon.

1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta

4th place - individual all-around.
1996 World Championships, Budapest
2nd place - ball; 1st place - clubs.
1997 World Championships, Berlin
5th place - ribbon; 1st place - team.

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