Aida Bauyrzhanova is a Kazakh artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games champion on floor exercise. Born in Astana, Kazakhstan. She began training in gymnastics in 2005.
Bauyrzhanova made her international debut at the 2012 Junior Asian Championships where she helped Kazakhstan finish fourth as a team. Individually she placed fourth in the all-around. She turned senior in 2013. She competed at the Anadia Challenge Cup and the 2013 Voronin Cup. At the 2014 Asian Games she finished eleventh in the all-around.
At the 2015 Asian Championships she helped Kazakhstan finish fifth as a team and individually she finished thirteenth in the all-around. Later that year she competed at her first World Championships. She was unable to compete in international competitions in 2016 or 2017 due to an elbow injury.
She returned to international competition at the 2018 Asian Games. She finished twenty-third in the all-around. She next competed at the World Championships where she finished 111th during qualifications.
She competed at the Melbourne World Cup where she finished seventh on floor exercise. At the 2019 Asian Championships she finished nineteenth in the all-around. In December she competed at the Voronin Cup where she placed sixth in the all-around, fourth on uneven bars, third on balance beam, and second on floor exercise. She competed at the Koper Challenge Cup in 2021 where she finished sixth on floor exercise.
She competed at the 2022 World Cups in Doha, Cairo, and Baku. At the Asian Championships she finished ninth in the all-around and qualified to compete as an individual at the 2022 World Championships. Additionally she placed eighth during the balance beam final.
In August she competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Ayazhan Shamshitdinova. They finished third as a team behind Turkey and Uzbekistan. Individually Bauyrzhanova placed first on floor exercise, second on balance beam behind Dildora Aripova, and third on uneven bars behind Sevgi Seda Kayışoğlu and Bengisu Yıldız.
Medal record
Representing Kazakhstan
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Tashkent Floor exercise
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya Uneven bars
Women Fitness President Ms. Namita Nayyar catches up with Aida Bauyrzhanova an exceptionally talented Kazakh artistic gymnast, winner of 2024 Asian Championships Bronze medalist in Floor Exercises, here she talks about her fitness routine, her diet, and her success story.
Namita Nayyar:
You were born in Astana, Kazakhstan. Where did you have your early education? You made your international debut at the 2012 Junior Asian Championships where you helped Kazakhstan finish fourth as a team. This later propelled your career to the height where you leading Kazakh female artistic gymnast. Tell us more about your professional journey of exceptional hard work, tenacity, and endurance?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I have been a gymnast for quite some time, I am 27 years old at the moment. And I have been in sports for long 22 years! A career path of an athlete is definitely a hard one. Injuries didn’t always let me realize my potential to its fullest but I am delighted to admit my career has been so bright and I definitely had some meaningful victories!
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Namita Nayyar:
It is a dream for a gymnast to play in the Asian Championships. You won the bronze medal on Floor exercise at 2024 Asian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 24 to 26 May 2024.Tell us more about this spectacular achievements of yours?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I guess I couldn’t even dream of a medal at the Asian Championship! But past 2 years I have started to win more and more in various competitions! The main goal for me to participate in the Asian Championship was different though – my main objective was to win a ticket to the Olympics! Mere 0.033 points didn’t let me get that chance.
However, I am definitely proud of my performance. I bet It has been the best one in my career so far! Judges have made their choice in favour for another gymnast. However it went, the medal of the Asian Championship 2024 is the first ever medal won by Kazakh women!
Namita Nayyar:
The year 2021 has been a dream year for you as a gymnast. At 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey you won gold medal in floor exercise, silver medal in balance beam and bronze medal in uneven bars and team event. Tell us more about this landmark achievement in your career.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I am deeply thankful to my coach who was training me all the summer without a single break for herself! I was really ready for the competition, and even made my programme more complex! That’s why the result turned out to be so great! I believe this has been the best result in my career so far!
Namita Nayyar:
What in your career as a gymnast acted as a catalyst in your metriotic rise as a world leading artistic gymnast player?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I guess there were various factors involved but the most important one was that I believed in myself. The turning point was the quarantine. I re-evaluated my sports career, my dreams and goals, and made a plan how to achieve all of those.
Coming back to the gymnastics hall, I restarted my work, and the result was obvious straight away.
Namita Nayyar:
What exercises comprise your fitness regime or workout routine you may wish to share?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
Artistic gymnastic is one of the most spectacular and difficult kinds of sports!
Gymnastics demands a lot of physical qualities. A gymnast has to be strong, flexible and well-coordinated. That’s why our training programme is peculiar but interesting. The most important ones for me are back exercises (hyperextensions), also we do exercises on various machines under supervision of our coach. But the main training spot is a gymnastics hall where we use various equipment – rope, stairs, bars
Namita Nayyar:
How do you train your abs? One secret to your toned body.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I guess I was lucky to be born this way! I was already a strong girl when I came first to gymnastics class! That’s why I never had any problems with abs exercises. In particular, those are various exercises using gymnastic stairs and series of planks with a timer. But I also like YouTube workout programmes! Some of them are definitely worthy to try!
Namita Nayyar:
Do you take a special diet or have a strict menu that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
When I was a teenager – at my 16-18 – I had some weight problems. Gymnasts must stay slim and light. But I couldn’t control my sugar intake – I really loved cakes! What I did first is I stopped weighing myself and stopped being obsessed about my weight. It helped me to start taking my diet easy. Every person is unique and it’s our job to find what works for us. What we should remember is that food is not our enemy; it’s our friend if we eat what we really need!
Namita Nayyar:
Five foods you absolutely love and five you keep to a minimum.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I am trying to include all healthy foods in my diet – fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, and different kinds of protein. I love coffee, too, but I am trying to cut down on it. It’s also difficult to live without sweets but I am trying to eat them only in the morning.
Namita Nayyar:
You have glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Share with us your hair care and skincare routine.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I am very lucky to be born Asian – my skin has never been a [problem whatever I eat or drink, but my hair is, unfortunately, different – I have to take supplements and go to the salon for beauty procedures. But I believe that sport is the main beauty product!
Namita Nayyar:
You have Vera Latynina as your Coach who has been a catalyst who helped you pave the way to rise in your career with discipline and a never stopping attitude. Elaborate about her influence on your professional life?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
She is my first coach who made me fall in love with artistic gymnastics. I don’t see her just as a coach but as my mother who has raised me since my early days. Working with her taught me really a lot – hard work, good manners, and attitude to the world around me, the right approach to different things. I believe that the coach is the most important person in the life of every athlete.
We spend all day long at the gymnastics hall so we get really close. I really love and respect her, and I am so grateful for having her as my coach! She is my first coach who made me fall in love with artistic gymnastics. I don’t see her just as a coach but as my mother who has raised me since my early days. Working with her taught me really a lot – hard work, good manners, and attitude to the world around me, the right approach to different things. I believe that the coach is the most important person in the life of every athlete. We spend all day long at the gymnastics hall so we get really close. I really love and respect her, and I am so grateful for having her as my coach!
Namita Nayyar:
Five athletic leisure brands you love to wear.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I prefer Adidas and Nike at the moment
Namita Nayyar:
Five travel destinations on your wish list.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
One of the biggest advantages of being an athlete is that I managed to travel to different places but I would like to visit the USA again (all main cities), Europe, Tokyo, Hong-Kong and Australia.
Namita Nayyar:
Quote you live by.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
Everything in its own time
Namita Nayyar:
Tell us about a day in the life of ‘Aida Bauyrzhanova’.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I get up at 7 a.m.
Then morning exercises 7.30 – 8.30.
Breakfast followed by the main training (10.00 – 13.00).
Then I have lunch, take a nap, the second training (15.00 – 18.00).
Dinner followed by English studies or TV-shows/reading a book. I go to bed at 22.30
Namita Nayyar:
During the Covid pandemic. Tell us more about your routine to remain fit in those challenging times?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
As all other people I stayed at home. SO I spent that time using workouts on YouTube. But once the lockdown was over, I started going out to train outside; It helped me to get my energy back.
Namita Nayyar:
In sports like gymnastics how you were able to overcome any physical or sports injury setbacks and what advice can you give to those in a similar situation.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
I live by a rule “Everything in its own time”. Things in life come in waves so we should do our best at this particular moment every day of our life.
Namita Nayyar:
What do you wish to say about the website Womenfitness.net and the message for its visitors?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
It is a great magazine and the only one I know about fitness that really cares about readers and about sport. What I want to tell all my readers – please, do sport because fitness is for everybody, it will definitely improve your life!
Namita Nayyar:
Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and budding artistic gymnast girls, who all are your fans and shall like to know from you for their climb to the ladder of success in the field of artistic gymnastics?
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
The most important thing is to work hard and love what you do. Be very disciplined and always set big goals for yourself. Be smart, read a lot and develop yourself.
Namita Nayyar:
A message for your ardent Instagram admirers.
Aida Bauyrzhanova:
Thank you very much for watching and rooting for me. Their support always motivates me for new victories and achievements.
Social Media Presence
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aida_bauyrzhanova/
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