Nilufar Shomuradova

Nilufar Oʻtkirovna Shomuradova (born 7 July 1999)^[1] is an Uzbekistani former rhythmic gymnast and team captain of the national group. She represented Uzbekistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is a five-time Asian champion.

Nilufar Shomuradova
Full name	Nilufar Oʻtkirovna Shomuradova
Born	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 26) Navoiy, Uzbekistan
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Uzbekistan
Head coach(es)	Yekaterina Pirozhkova
Retired	2021
Medal record Rhythmic gymnastics Representing  Uzbekistan Asian Championships 2019 Pattaya 5 balls 2019 Pattaya 4 clubs + 3 hoops 2021 Tashkent Group all-around 2021 Tashkent 5 balls 2021 Tashkent 4 clubs + 3 hoops 2019 Pattaya Group all-around

Career

Shomuradova took up rhythmic gymnastics in 2003, at the age of four.^[1] She joined Uzbekistan's senior national group in 2016 and moved to Tashkent.^[2] She competed at the 2018 World Championships, where the Uzbekistani group finished 17th in the all-around.^[3]

At the 2019 Asian Championships in Thailand, Shomuradova and the Uzbekistani group won two gold medals, as well as a silver in the all-around.^[4] She then competed at the 2019 World Championships, where the group finished 14th in the all-around and did not receive one of the available Olympic berths.^[5]

Shomuradova and the group won two bronze medals at the 2021 Moscow Grand Prix, including in the all-around.^[6] Then at the 2021 Tashkent World Cup, they won the group all-around gold medal. This marked the first time Uzbekistan won the group all-around at a FIG World Cup event.^[7] Additionally, they won a gold medal in the 5 balls final and picked up a silver medal in the 3 hoops and 4 clubs final.^[8]

Shomuradova was also part of the Uzbekistani group that won the all-around at the 2021 Asian Championships, taking the gold in both the 5 balls and 4 clubs and 3 hoops finals.^[9][10] Before the Olympics, the group competed at the Minsk World Challenge Cup and won the bronze medal in the all-around.^[11] At the Moscow World Challenge Cup, they won another all-around bronze medal and silver medals in both apparatus finals.^[12]

At the 2020 Olympic Games, she competed alongside Kamola Irnazarova, Dinara Ravshanbekova, Sevara Safoeva, and Kseniia Aleksandrova. They finished ninth in the qualification round for the group all-around and were the first reserve for the final.^[13] She announced her retirement from the sport after the Olympics.^[14]