Kamilla Aliyeva
{{short description|Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast}}
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| natlteam = 2022-
| club = Ojaq Sports Club
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| headcoach = Mariana Vasileva
| assistcoach = Siyana Vasileva
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{{MedalSport|Rhythmic Gymnastics}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Sofia|3 Ribbons + 2 Balls}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Baku|3 Ribbons + 2 Balls}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Tel Aviv|Group All-Around}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Tel Aviv|5 Hoops}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Tel Aviv|3 Ribbons + 2 Balls}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Baku|Group All-Around}}
{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Konya|Group All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|2021 Konya|3 Ribbons + 2 Balls}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Konya|5 Hoops}}
{{MedalCompetition| European Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Baku|3 Balls + 2 Hoops}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Baku|Cross battle}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Baku|All-around}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Baku|3 Ribbons + 2 Balls}}
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Kamilla Aliyeva (born 3 April 2006) is an Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast.{{Cite web |title=ALIYEVA Kamilla - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=78909 |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}} She is the 2022 World 3 ribbons + 2 balls bronze medalist and 2022 European group All-Around, 5 hoops and 3 ribbons and 2 balls bronze medalist.
Career
Aliyeva took up the sport at age six after her grandmother saw her walk on her tiptoes and do movements that looked like gymnastics.{{Cite web |title=Гимнастика как образ жизни: Как живут и тренируются азербайджанские гимнастки, ворвавшиеся в мировую элиту - ФОТО |url=https://1news.az/news/20220719120317680-Gimnastika-kak-obraz-zhizni-Kak-zhivut-i-treniruyutsya-azerbaidzhanskie-gimnastki-vorvavshiesya-v-mirovuyu-elitu-FOTO |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=1news.az |language=ru}}
Kamilla became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022 and became part of the national group. Between April and May she competed at two World Cups, Baku where the group won gold with 5 hoops and silver in the All-Around,{{Cite web |title=Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2022 - Results |url=https://www.the-sports.org/gymnastics-world-cup-rhythmic-gymnastics-baku-results-2022-epr120886.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.the-sports.org}} and Pamplona where they won two bronze medals in the two event finals.{{Cite web |title=Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pamplona 2022 - Results |url=https://www.the-sports.org/gymnastics-world-cup-rhythmic-gymnastics-pamplona-2022-epr120884.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.the-sports.org}} Then at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, the Azerbaijani group won the bronze medals in the group All-Around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.{{Cite web |title=2022 European Championships Result Books |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/38TH%20EUROPEAN%20RHYTHMIC%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20Tel%20Aviv%20Media.pdf |website=europeangymnastics |format=PDF}}
She represented Azerbaijan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games where the Azerbaijani group won the gold medal in the all-around. Then in the event finals, they won gold in 3 ribbons + 2 balls and silver in 5 hoops behind Uzbekistan.{{cite web |date=13 August 2021 |title=5th Islamic Solidarity Games - Rhythmic Gymnastics Groups Results |url=https://konya2021.com/img/Rhythmic%20Gymnastics%20All%20Results.pdf |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Konya 2021 |pages=6–8 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014140427/https://konya2021.com/img/Rhythmic%20Gymnastics%20All%20Results.pdf |url-status=dead }} Aliyeva also competed at the 2022 World Championships alongside Laman Alimuradova, Gullu Aghalarzade, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Darya Sorokina. In the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, the group won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy. This marked the first time an Azerbaijani group won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.{{cite web |date=18 September 2022 |title=Italian, Bulgarian Groups end Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds on top |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3619902 |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=International Gymnastics Federation}}
References
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Category:Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts
Category:Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Category:Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Category:21st-century Azerbaijani sportswomen
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in gymnastics
Category:Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
Category:Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Azerbaijan