Dinara Nailevna Gimatova ( tt-Cyrl, Динара Наил кызы Гиматова, russian: Динара Наильевна Гиматова; born 18 November 1986 in

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

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) is an

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i gymnast of

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ethnicity.

Career

Dinara entered to the Olympic Reserve School led by Ludmila Tikhmirova, merited coach of USSR and began training with Nadezhda Kholodkova. In 1996, she became a member of the Russian national junior team. In 1999, Dinara won the Russian Hoops tournament, she was invited by

Irina Viner Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...

and started training with her coach in Moscow. She is a 4 time Azerbaijani champion, and a participant of World and European championships and many international tournaments. Dinara took 5th place in team performances at the 2005 Baku World championship and at the Moscow European Championships of the same year. In 2003, she won one silver and two bronze medals at the world cup stage tournament in

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, a bronze medal on Grand Prix tournament in Tie, in 2004 she became the third for her performance with the clubs at the AGF Cup tournament in Baku, she is also a winner of the all round competition between teams of Russia and Azerbaijan. Gimatova competed in the

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and placed 11th in qualifying round. She retired in 2009 and went on to coach fellow competitor

Aliya Garayeva Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) ( tt-Cyrl, Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева; russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a reti ...

, who finished 4th in the 2012 London Olympics.

Coaching

Gimatova is now working as a coach 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 ...

, her notable trainees have included : *

Maria Titova Maria Pavlovna Titova (russian: Мария Павловна Титова; born 19 August 1997) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist Career Junior Titova began to do gym ...

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* * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku Sportspeople from Astrakhan Tatar sportspeople Volga Tatar people Tatar people of Russia Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Azerbaijan Azerbaijani people of Tatar descent Gymnastics in Azerbaijan Sport in Azerbaijan Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships {{rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub