Ominakhon Khalilova

Ominakhon Khalilova
Оминахон Халилова
Khalilova at the Islamic Solidarity Games in 2022
Personal information
Full nameOminakhon Khalilova
Nickname(s)Omina
Country represented Uzbekistan
Born (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 25)
Andijan, Uzbekistan
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2016–present (UZB)
Head coach(es)Ludmilla Li
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Uzbekistan
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Floor Exercise
South Central Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dhaka Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dhaka All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dhaka Balance Beam
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dhaka Floor Exercise

Ominakhon Zafarzhon kizi Mirzayeva (née Khalilova Russian: Оминахон Зафаржон кизи Мирзаева née Халилова, born 15 December 1998) is an Uzbek artistic gymnast. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2019 and 2022 World Championships.

Early life

Khalilova was born in Andijan, Uzbekistan. She began training in gymnastics in 2004 and joined the national team of Uzbekistan in 2016.[1]

Gymnastics career

2014–17

Khalilova competed at the Voronin Cup in 2014, 2015, and 2016.[2][3] She was added to Uzbekistan's national team in 2016.

In 2017 Khalilova competed at the Baku World Cup but did not qualify for any event finals. She next competed at the 2017 Asian Gymnastics Championships where she placed 24th in the all-around.[4]

2019

Khalilova began the season competing at the Baku and Doha World Cups and the Zhaoqing Challenge Cup. In Zhaoqing she qualified to the balance beam final and finished fifth.

Khalilova was selected to represent Uzbekistan at the Asian Championships alongside Muattarkhon Abdurakhmonova, Diana Bakhtiyarova, and Indira Ulmasova.[5] They finished seventh as a team.[5] Khalilova next competed at the 2019 World Championships. During qualifications she finished 148th; she was the second highest scoring Uzbek gymnast after Oksana Chusovitina.[6]

2021

Khalilova competed at the Varna Challenge Cup but did not qualify for any finals. In October she competed at the South Central Asian Championships alongside Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, Giunaz Jumabekova, and Dildora Aripova. They finished first as a team and individually Khalilova won silver in the all-around behind Miroshnichenko. Additionally she qualified to two event finals. During event finals Khalilova won silver on the balance beam behind Aripova and silver on floor exercise once again behind Miroshnichenko.[7]

2022

At the Asian Championships Khalilova placed fourteenth in the all-around and qualified as an individual to compete at the 2022 World Championships. In August Khalilova competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Oksana Chusovitina and Dildora Aripova. They finished second as a team behind Turkey. Individually Khalilova won silver on floor exercise behind Aida Bauyrzhanova.

Competitive history

Khalilova (left) and team Uzbekistan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014 Voronin Cup 13 7 4
2015 Voronin Cup 12 4 5
2016 Voronin Cup 10
2017
Asian Championships 24
2019 Zhaoqing Challenge Cup 5
Asian Championships 7
World Championships 148
2021 South Central Asian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 Cairo World Cup 5
Asian Championships 6 14
Islamic Solidarity Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 7 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships 88

References

  1. ^ "Оминахон Халилова". Uzbekistan Gymnastics Federation (in Russian).
  2. ^ "2014 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymternet. December 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "2015 Voronin Cup Results". The Gymternet. December 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "2017 Asian Championships". The Gymternet. May 19, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "2019 Asian Championships Results". The Gymternet. June 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 World Championships Results". The Gymternet. October 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Anastasiya stars as Uzbeks ooze with delight". The Daily Star. October 29, 2021.