Sabina Tashkenbaeva (born 27 November 2000 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 2 ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

) is an

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 co ...

. She is the 2019 Asian Championships all-around gold medalist.

Career

Tashkenbaeva began training in gymnastics in 2006. She became a member of Uzbekistan's national team in 2013 and made her international senior debut in 2016. Tashkenbaeva competed at the

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. Previously the event has been held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sched ...

, earning silver in the team event alongside compatriots

Anastasiya Serdyukova Anastasiya Evgenievna Serdyukova (russian: Анастасия Евгеньевна Сердюкова; born 29 May 1997) is an Uzbekistani former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the All-around bronze medalist at the 2014 Asian Games and the ...

and Nurinisso Usmanova, as well as bronze in both the clubs and ribbon individual competition. She won the silver medal in both the individual all-around and

team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to inf ...

events at the

2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...

held in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the 2019 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand she won the gold medal in the individual all-around and team all-around events. Through the 2021 FIG World Cup Series, Tashkenbaeva qualified for an Olympic berth. She was the second-highest ranked eligible gymnast, after Slovenia's Ekaterina Vedeneeva.

Personal life

Tashkenbaeva speaks English, Russian and Uzbek. She attends the Uzbek State University of Physical Education.

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* Living people 2000 births Place of birth missing (living people) Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Uzbekistan 21st-century Uzbekistani women {{rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub