Nilufar Shomuradova

Nilufar Shomuradova
Full nameNilufar Oʻtkirovna Shomuradova
Born (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999
Navoiy, Uzbekistan
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Uzbekistan
Head coach(es)Yekaterina Pirozhkova
Retired2021
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Uzbekistan
Asian Championships
2019 Pattaya 5 balls
2019 Pattaya 4 clubs + 3 hoops
2021 Tashkent Group all-around
2021 Tashkent 5 balls
2021 Tashkent 4 clubs + 3 hoops
2019 Pattaya Group all-around

Nilufar Oʻtkirovna Shomuradova (born 7 July 1999)[1] is an Uzbekistani former rhythmic gymnast and team captain of the national group. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is a five-time Asian champion.

Career

Shomuradova took up rhythmic gymnastics in 2003, at the age of four.[1] She joined Uzbekistan's senior national group in 2016 and moved to Tashkent.[2] She competed at the 2018 World Championships, where the Uzbekistani group finished 17th in the all-around.[3]

At the 2019 Asian Championships in Thailand, Shomuradova and the Uzbekistani group won two gold medals, as well as a silver in the all-around.[4] She then competed at the 2019 World Championships, where the group finished 14th in the all-around and did not receive one of the available Olympic berths.[5]

Shomuradova and the group won two bronze medals at the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, including in the all-around.[6] Then at the 2021 Tashkent World Cup, they won the group all-around gold medal. This marked the first time Uzbekistan won the group all-around at a FIG World Cup event.[7] Additionally, they won a gold medal in the 5 balls final and picked up a silver medal in the 3 hoops and 4 clubs final.[8]

Shomuradova was also part of the Uzbekistani group that won the all-around at the 2021 Asian Championships, taking the gold in both the 5 balls and 4 clubs and 3 hoops finals.[9][10] Before the Olympics, the group competed at the Minsk World Challenge Cup and won the bronze medal in the all-around.[11] At the Moscow World Challenge Cup, they won another all-around bronze medal and silver medals in both apparatus finals.[12]

At the 2020 Olympic Games, she competed alongside Kamola Irnazarova, Dinara Ravshanbekova, Sevara Safoeva, and Kseniia Aleksandrova. They finished ninth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the first reserve for the final.[13] She announced her retirement from the sport after the Olympics.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nilufar Shomuradova Tokyo 2020 Athlete Profile". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Шамурадова Нилуфар" [Shomuradova Nilufar]. Gimnastika (in Russian). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ "36th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 10-16 September 2018 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Гимнастки Узбекистана завоевали 13 медалей на ЧА в Таиланде" [Gymnasts of Uzbekistan won 13 medals at the Asian Championships in Thailand]. Gazeta (in Russian). 25 June 2019.
  5. ^ "37th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Baku (AZE), 16-22 September 2019 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Начало положено! Итоги этапа Гран-при Москва 2021" [The start has been made! Results of the Moscow 2021 Grand Prix stage]. Gimnastika (in Russian). 21 February 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Триумф сборной Узбекистана по художественной гимнастике" [Triumph of the Uzbekistan National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team]. UZ Daily (in Russian). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Гимнастки Узбекистана завоевали три медали на Кубке мира в Ташкенте" [Gymnasts of Uzbekistan won three medals at the World Cup in Tashkent]. Gazeta uz (in Russian). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  9. ^ "2021 Asian Championships Result Book". Asian Gymnastics Union. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Сборная Узбекистана по художественной гимнастике завоевала лицензию в Токио-2020" [Uzbekistan national rhythmic gymnastics team won a quota for Tokyo 2020]. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in Russian). 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ "В шаге от Токио. В Минске завершился этап Мирового Кубка Вызова" [One step away from Tokyo. The World Challenge Cup stage has ended in Minsk]. Gimnastika (in Russian). 4 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Репетиция перед Олимпиадой: итоги Мирового Кубка Вызова 2021 в Москве" [Rehearsal before the Olympics: Results of the 2021 World Challenge Cup in Moscow]. Gimnastika (in Russian). 11 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Nilufar Shomuradova FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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