Takhmina Ikromova (born 6 August 2004) is an

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 cou ...

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. She is an Asian Games champion individually and in the team event, and she is also a two-time all-around champion at the Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, in 2022 and 2023.

Career

Early years

Ikromova began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five after being brought to the gym by her mother. She won several international competitions for young gymnasts.

Junior

She represented

at the 2019 Junior World Championships in

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and finished in 11th place in the Team competition. Individually, she placed 10th in both the rope and ribbon qualifications.

Senior

At the

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, she won the silver medals in the all-around, clubs and ribbon finals and a gold medal in the hoop final. At the

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she placed 29th in the all-around qualification. In 2022, she competed at World Cup Tashkent and won a gold medal in the all-around in front of

Ekaterina Vedeneeva Ekaterina Olegovna Vedeneeva (russian: Екатерина Олеговна Веденеева; ; born 23 June 1994) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast competing for Slovenia since 2018. She made her debut for Slovenia in August 2018 at th ...

from

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. She also took gold medals in the hoop and clubs finals, a bronze medal in the ribbon final, and finished 4th place in the ball final. She competed at the

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. In the team event, she won the silver medal along with her teammates Yosmina Rakhimova and

Sabina Tashkenbaeva Sabina Tashkenbaeva (born 27 November 2000 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2019 Asian Championships all-around gold medalist. Career Tashkenbaeva began training in gymnastics in 2006. She became a member ...

. She also won three individual silver medals, in the ball, clubs, and ribbon finals, and the gold medal in the hoop final. At the 2022 World Championships, she qualified to the all-around final in eleventh place. She qualified for the clubs final with the fifth-highest score with that apparatus; it was the first time in more than a decade that an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast had qualified to an apparatus final at the World Championships. She was again 11th place in the all-around final and just out of the medals in 4th place in the clubs final. In 2023, she started the competition season at Athens World Cup, where she finished 4th in the all-around and won a silver medal in the clubs final. She took part in Sofia World Cup, where she won bronze in the all-around. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning gold in ribbon and bronze in ball final. On April 14-16, she competed at Tashkent World Cup, winning the silver medal in the all-around, behind Italian

Sofia Raffaeli Sofia Raffaeli (born 19 January 2004) is an Italian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World All-around, hoop, ball, ribbon and team champion, as well as the 2022 European hoop and clubs champion. She is also the 2019 Junior World si ...

. She qualified to all apparatus finals, but only won a medal in the hoop final (bronze). She finished 4th in the all-around at Baku World Cup and won bronze medals in the ball and ribbon finals. At the 2023 Asian Championships, she won gold in the all-around, team event, and three of the apparatus finals (hoop, ball, and clubs). She competed at the 2023 World Championships, where she finished in 5th place in the all-around final and qualified to two apparatus finals; she was 4th with the clubs and 8th with the ribbon. This was a qualifying event for the

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, and her placement gave Uzbekistan a berth in the individual event at the Olympics, which was allotted to Ikromova. 2022 Asian Games Takhmina Ikromova Ribbon

2022 Asian Games Takhmina Ikromova Ribbon

In October, she competed at the

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. She won gold in the team event with her teammates Vilana Savadyan and Evelina Atalyants, and she also won gold in the individual event. At the end of 2023, she was given an award for the best female Uzbekistani athlete of the year. Ikromova began her 2024 season by competing at the

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event in

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. She finished second in the all-around, behind

Stiliana Nikolova Stiliana Nikolova ( bg, Стилияна Николова, born 22 August 2005 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World all-around bronze medalist and hoop, clubs, and ribbon silver medalist, and a two-t ...

and ahead of

Darja Varfolomeev Darja Varfolomeev (born 4 November 2006) is a German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Champion with Clubs and All-around Silver Medalist. Career Early life Darja was born in Barnaul, Russia. Her Grandfather is orig ...

, and she also won silver with the clubs and the ball. At the next Grand Prix event in

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, she won the all-around gold medal. She competed at her first

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of the season in

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. There she was sixth in the all-around and won a silver in the ball final. At her next World Cup 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 ...

, Ikromova won the all-around silver medal behind Varfolomeev and ahead of

Boryana Kaleyn Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn ( bg, Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 European Champion with Ball, Ribbon and in the Team competition, Twice (2021 & 2022) ...

. She won two of the four event finals (hoop and ball) and won silver in the other two (clubs and ribbon).

Achievements

* First Uzbek

to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series. * First Uzbek

to win a medal in an individual All-around at the FIG World Cup series.

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

''(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)'' Source:https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/rhythmic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n2012406-ikromova-takhmina.htm

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikromova, Takhmina Living people 2004 births Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnasts Sportspeople from Samarkand 21st-century Uzbekistani women Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships