Narmina Samadova
{{short description|Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast}}
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| birth_place = Azerbaijan{{cite web |title=Samadova Narmina |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=37848&type=licence |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=17 July 2021}}
| discipline = RG
| natlteam = 2018-present
| club = Ojaq Sports Club
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| headcoach = Nigar Abdusalimova, Mariana Vasileva
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Narmina Samadova (born 10 June 2004){{cite web |title=Samadova Narmina |url=https://agf.az/en/database/person/samadova-narmina-117/rg/gymnast |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=17 July 2021}} is an Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around. As an individual, she competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships and the 2018 Junior European Championships.
Career
=Junior=
Samadova began her career as an individual rhythmic gymnast. She finished second in the all-around at the 2017 Junior Azerbaijan Championships.{{cite web |title=Champions of Azerbaijan are known |url=https://agf.az/en/news/champions-of-azerbaijan-are-kn-2019 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=18 August 2017}} At the 2018 Junior European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain, she placed fifth in the hoop event final and eighth in the clubs event final.{{cite web |title=34th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Individual Juniors Results By Apparatus Hoop |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Finals%20Hoop%20ApparatusResultsRg.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=3 June 2018}}{{cite web |title=34th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Individual Juniors Results By Apparatus Club |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Finals%20Clubs%20ApparatusResultsRg.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=3 June 2018}} She also helped the Azerbaijan team place sixth.{{cite web |title=34th European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Teams Team Results |url=https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/JUNIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Qualification%20TeamRankingRg.pdf |website=European Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=2 June 2018}} Then at the 2019 Junior World Championships held in Moscow, she finished seventh in the clubs event final and fifth in the ribbon event final.{{cite web |title=Arzu Jalilova becomes two-time Worlds' medalist |url=https://agf.az/en/news/arzu-jalilova-becomes-two-time-2267 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=21 July 2019}}
=Senior=
In 2021, Samadova competed at her first ever World Cup, in Sofia, where she finished in thirty-fifth place in the all-around.{{cite web |title=All-Around Individual |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21sofia_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022}} Right after, she competed at World Cup Tashkent and placed thirty-third in the all-around.{{cite web |title=FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup RGI Qualifications - All-around Tashkent, Uzbekistan |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2021/r_21tashkent_aa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=13 November 2022}} Later, Samadova joined Azerbaijan's senior rhythmic group, replacing Maryam Safarova. At the 2021 European Championships, the group finished sixth in the 5 Balls event final and fourth in the 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs event final in addition to placing seventh in the group all-around and in the team competition.{{cite web |title=A step away from the European medal |url=https://agf.az/en/news/avropa-medalinin-bir-addimligi121780 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=13 June 2021}} She was then selected to compete at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games alongside Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Darya Sorokina.{{cite web |title=15 days left for the most important event… |url=https://agf.az/en/news/en-muhum-yarisha-15-gun---226107 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=17 July 2021 |date=8 July 2021}} They finished tenth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the second reserve for the final.{{cite web |title=Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808053149/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GRY/OG2020-_GRY_C73B_GRYW5AA---------------QUAL--------.pdf |url-status=dead }} Samadova was replaced by Gullu Aghalarzade in the group for the 2021 World Championships.{{cite web |title=Our representatives in Japan - this time at the World Championships |url=https://agf.az/en/news/bedii-gimnastlarimiz-bu-defe-y121009 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |date=31 October 2021}}
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Category:Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts