Anna Gurbanova ( az, Anna Qurbanova; born September 24, 1986) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

Career

She is the champion of

in ball performance, a participant of the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

held in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

in 2004, World and European Championships and the world cup final. At the World Championships - 2005 in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

and the European Championships -2005 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

she won the 5th place in team performances. At the international tournament in Italy, Anna won the first place for her performance with the clubs and received a silver medal in all round competition. She is a bronze medalist of the World Cup-2005 held in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

in the performance with a rope and a silver medalist of an Italian club competition.

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1986 births Living people Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Azerbaijan Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Baku Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 21st-century Azerbaijani women {{Rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub