Akmaral Yerekesheva

Akmaral Yerekesheva
Ақмарал Ерекешева
Born (2010-03-20) 20 March 2010
Kazakhstan
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
 Kazakhstan, Astana
(2023-present)
Head coach
Balginbayeva Meruert Tulegenovna
ChoreographerAydys Saaya Alekseevna
Medal record
Representing  Kazakhstan
Rhythmic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 0 0 1
Total 0 0 1
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 BishkekTeam
Silver medal – second place2026 BishkekClubs
Bronze medal – third place2026 BishkekHoop
Bronze medal – third place2026 BishkekBall
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 SofiaBall
Gold medal – first place2025 SofiaRibbon
Silver medal – second place2025 SofiaHoop
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 TashkentRibbon
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeBall
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeRibbon
Silver medal – second place2024 TashkentAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2024 TashkentBall
Silver medal – second place2025 SingaporeAll-Around
Silver medal – second place2025 SingaporeTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 SingaporeClubs
Bronze medal – third place2024 TashkentClubs

Aqmaral Erekeşeva[a] (Kazakh Cyrillic: Ақмарал Ерекешева; born 20 March 2010) is a Kazakh rhythmic gymnast.[1] She's a multiple World and Asian junior Championships medalist.

Personal life

She has one sister Adel, who also competes in rhythmic gymnastics.

Career

Akmaral took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4.[2]

Junior

In March 2023, Yerekesheva made her international debut at the Aphrodite Cup in Greece, winning silver in the All-Around among those born in 2010.

In 2024, at the same tournament, she won gold in the All-Around and silver with clubs as well as bronze with ball.[3][4][5] In May she was selected for the Asian Championships in Tashkent, there she won gold team, gold with ribbon, silver in the All-Around and with ball and bronze with clubs.[6] In July she was the silver medalist in the All-Around and won bronze with clubs and ribbon at the VIII Games of the Children of Asia held in Yakutia.[7] In October, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships.[8]

In March 2025, she won gold in the All-Around junior, silver with hoop and with clubs, gold with ball and ribbon at the Aphrodite Cup.[9][10][11][12][13] Then she competed at International tournament AGF Trophy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and won gold medals in team, ball and ribbon and silver medal in hoop.[14] In April, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships.[15] On May 16-18, she competed at the 2025 Asian Championships in Singapore.[16] She won silver medals in all-around, team and clubs and gold medals in ball and ribbon.

In June, she was selected to represent Kazakhstan at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she won gold medals in ball and ribbon and silver medal in hoop final.[17][18] For the first time in the history of Kazakhstan — a two-time junior world champion in rhythmic gymnastics.

Senior

In February 2026, she had her first competition as a senior, where she became the Kazakhstani national all-around champion in front of Aibota Yertaikyzy.[19] She also won gold medals in ball and clubs and silver in hoop and ribbon. In March, she made her senior international debut at Aphrodite Cup in Greece and won gold medal in all-around ahead of Andreea Verdes. In finals, she got gold in clubs and silver in ball.[20] In early April, she competed at Thiais Grand Prix and took bronze medal in all-around behind Alina Harnasko and Mariia Borisova. She won silver medals in hoop and ribbon and bronze medal in clubs final.[21] On April 17-19, she made her World Cup debut at Baku World Cup, where she took 10th place in all-around and won bronze medal in ribbon final.

In May, she competed at the 2026 Asian Championships in Bishkek, and won team silver medal alongside Aibota Yertaikyzy and senior group. She placed 6th in the all-around final and won bronze medals in hoop and ball, and silver in clubs final.[22] In June, she won bronze medals in clubs and ribbon at Liga Iberdola in Spain. In July, she competed at Milan World Cup and took 11th place in all-around, and did not qualify to any apparatus finals.[23]

In August, she was selected to represent Kazakhstan at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, alongside Aibota Yertaikyzy and senior group. In her senior World Championships debut, she ended on 8th place in all-around qualifications and earned Kazakhstan a spot in the all-around final, for the first time after Elzhana Taniyeva in 2022.[24] She also qualified to two apparatus finals, finishing 5th in clubs and 8th in ribbon.

Achievements

  • First Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships at both junior and senior level.
  • First Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships at both junior and senior level.

Routine music information

Year Apparatus Music title
2026 Hoop Рух by Президенттік оркестр / Сауыт by Ибрагим Ескендір
Ball Duck Duck Goose by Power-Haus & Joni Fuller
Clubs Unshakable March by Цифей / Main theme (from Pirates of the Caribbean)
Ribbon Nah Neh Nah by Vaya Con Dios
2025 Hoop Рух by Президенттік оркестр / Сауыт by Ибрагим Ескендір
Ball Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps by The Pussycat Dolls
Clubs Revolt by Nathan Lanier
Ribbon The Terry Theme From Limelight by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra / Paris By Night by Bob Sinclar

Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2026 Grand Prix Brno
World Championships Frankfurt6th11th42nd (Q)16th (Q)5th8th
World Cup Milan11th13th (Q)18th (Q)9th (Q)12th (Q)
Asian Championships Bishkek6th2nd3rd3rd2nd4th
World Cup Baku10th6th13th (Q)27th (Q)3rd
Grand Prix Thiais3rd2nd4th3rd2nd
IT Aphrodite Cup1st10th (Q)2nd1st5th
International: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2025 Junior World Championships14th2nd1st1st
Junior Asian Championships2nd2nd1st2nd1st
IT AGF Trophy1st2nd1st1st
IT Aphrodite Cup1st2nd1st2nd1st
2024 Junior Asian Championships2nd1st2nd3rd1st
National: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2026Kazakhstani National Championships1st2nd1st1st2nd
National: Junior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2025Kazakhstani National Championships1st
2024Kazakhstani National Championships1st
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)

Notes

  1. ↑ Often transliterated as Akmaral Yerekesheva through a Russified Romanization of Акмарал Ерекешева.

References

  1. ↑ "YEREKESHEVA Akmaral - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Что привело к историческому золоту?". Instagram. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "2024 Aphrodite Cup Junior All-Around" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "2024 Aphrodite Cup Junior Finals" (PDF).
  5. ↑ ""Aphrodite Cup": Capital Gymnasts Win 4 Medals".
  6. ↑ "Спорт вокруг". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ↑ "Столичная гимнастка стала трехкратной победительницей VIII игр «Дети Азии»". ru.elordainfo.kz (in Russian). 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  8. ↑ "✅ 🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇 Көркем гимнастикадан Казакстан Республикасының Кубогы және Чемпионаты (15-20.10.2024 ж.)". Instagram. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Қазақстандық гимнастар Грециядағы турнирде тоғыз алтын медаль жеңіп алды". gymnastics.kz. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  10. ↑ "2025 Aphrodite Cup Junior Hoop" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "2025 Aphrodite Cup Junior Ball" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "2025 Aphrodite Cup Junior Clubs" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "2025 Aphrodite Cup Junior Ribbon Final" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "AGF Trophy 2025 Results book (Media)". www.gymnastics.sport. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  15. ↑ "✅ 🥇🥇 Көркем гимнастикадан Қазақстан Республикасының чемпионаты (8-14.04.2025 ж.)". Instagram. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Junior Asian Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics 2025". Score Express. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  17. ↑ "АҚМАРАЛ ЕРЕКЕШЕВА КӨРКЕМ ГИМНАСТИКАДАН ӘЛЕМ ЧЕМПИОНАТЫНДА ҚАЗАҚСТАН ҚОРЖЫНЫНА ЕКІНШІ АЛТЫН МЕДАЛЬДІ САЛДЫ". olympic.kz. 2025-06-22. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  18. ↑ "Ақмарал Ерекешева көркем гимнастикадан әлем чемпионатында Қазақстан қоржынына екінші алтын медальді салды". gymnastics.kz. 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  19. ↑ "Результаты личного многоборья на Чемпионате Казахстана✔️". Instagram (in Russian). 8 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  20. ↑ "Faliro RG International Tournament "11th Aphrodite Cup"". ksis.eu. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "Grand Prix Thiais All-around results". Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastic World Cup Milano 2026". risultati.federginnastica.it. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Newcomers make headlines at the individual qualifications in Frankfurt". www.gymnastics.sport. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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