Aibota Yertaikyzy
Aibota Yertaikyzy is a Kazakh rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2025 Asian all-around bronze medalist.
Career
Junior
Yertaikyzy competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and won a bronze medal in the ribbon final behind Ekaterina Fetisova and Lola Zakirova.Senior
2021
Yertaikyzy debuted in the senior category in 2021 at [2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics 2021 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series|World Cup series|World Cup] in Minsk, ending 15th in the all-around. In August, she competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. She won a bronze medal alongside Elzhana Taniyeva in the team competition. Individually, she won gold with ball and bronze medals in the hoop and ribbon finals.2022
In 2022, she competed at the World Cup in Athens, taking 14th in the all-around, with her best finish being 9th with ball. A week later, she competed at the next World Cup in Sofia, where she was 15th in the all-around. At the end of June, she participated in the 2022 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Pattaya, winning silver in the team category. In August, Yertaikyzy competed at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, where she won bronze in teams. In September, she took part in the World Championships in Sofia along with her teammates Elzhana Taniyeva and the senior group. She finished in 24th place in the all-around, 18th with hoop, 29th with ball, 24th with clubs and 17th with ribbon.2023
The following year, she debuted at the World Cup in Athens and placed 14th in the all-around. In April, at the World Cup in Tashkent, she took 10th place overall and finished 6th with ribbon in Tashkent. She won a bronze medal in the all-around at the World Challenge Cup Portimão behind Darja Varfolomeev and Evita Griskenas, and she then won two more medals in the apparatus finals, a bronze in hoop and a silver in ball.2024
In 2024, Yertaikyzy started the season competing at the Tartu Grand Prix, where she took 4th place in the all-around. She won a silver medal in ball and a bronze in the hoop final. The next month, she was again 4th in the all-around at the Thiais Grand Prix. She won silver medals in the hoop and ribbon finals and a bronze medal in ball. Yertaikyzy was later selected for the Asian Championships in Tashkent, where she won gold in the ribbon final. She also won silver in teams and individually with ball, along with bronze in the hoop final.2025
In 2025, Yertaikyzy competed at the Grand Prix Thiais in late March, and took 7th place in the all-around. In April, she competed at the World Cup Tashkent and placed 5th in the all-around, 4th in hoop, 6th in clubs and 6th in ribbon. In May, she was selected to compete at the Asian Championships in Singapore, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around and gold in ribbon. She competed at the 2025 Summer Universiade in July, where she took 5th place in the all-around and won a bronze medal in the ribbon final. On July 25-27, she competed at the Cluj-Napoca World Challenge Cup and finished 9th in the all-around. She qualified to the ribbon final, finishing in 4th place.Yertaikyzy was selected to represent Kazakhstan alongside Aiym Meirzhanova at the 2025 World Championships, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They took 13th place in the team competition together with the senior group. She finished in 34th place in all-around qualifications due to mistakes in her ball routine.
In September, she took 5th place in the all-around at the Brno Grand Prix. In the finals, she won silver medals with clubs and ribbon.