Gullu Aghalarzade
Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast
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Gullu Aghalarzade (Azerbaijani: Güllü Ağalarzadə; born 25 October 2003)[1] is an Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 World bronze medalist in 3 ribbons + 2 balls. She won three bronze medals at the 2022 European Championships. She represented Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Born | 25 October 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ojaq Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Mariana Vasileva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Siyana Vasileva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Aghalarzade competed at the 2017 Junior European Championships, and the group finished ninth in the qualification round of 10 clubs, making them the first reserve for the final.[3]
Aghalarzade became age-eligible for senior competition in 2019. At the 2019 Moscow Grand Prix, the Azerbaijani group placed fifth in the all-around and sixth in both the 5 balls and 3 hoops + 4 clubs finals.[4] Then at the Grand Prix Final in Kyiv, the group finished seventh in the all-around, 5 balls, and 3 hoops + 4 clubs.[5]
Aghalarzade represented Azerbaijan at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games where the Azerbaijani group won the gold medal in the all-around. Then in the event finals, they won gold in 3 ribbons + 2 balls and silver in 5 hoops behind Uzbekistan.[6] She was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships.[7] The Azerbaijani group finished sixth in the group all-around and qualified for both event finals.[8] The group finished sixth in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs finals.[9]
Aghalarzade and the Azerbaijani group won the 5 hoops gold medal and the all-around silver medal at the 2022 Baku World Cup.[10] At the 2022 Pamplona World Challenge Cup, she won three bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[11] Then at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, the Azerbaijani group won the bronze medals in the group all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls.[12]
Aghalarzade competed at the 2022 World Championships alongside Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Yelyzaveta Luzan, and Darya Sorokina. In the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final, the group won the bronze medal behind Bulgaria and Italy. This marked the first time an Azerbaijani group won a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.[13]
She represented Azerbaijan at the 2023 European Championships in her hometown, Baku. She and her teammates won bronze medal in Group all-around[14] and gold in 3 Ribbons + 2 Balls final.
She was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris alongside Yelyzaveta Luzan, Zeynab Hummatova, Darya Sorokina, and Laman Alimuradova.[15] They finished 8th in the qualification round for the group all-around[16] and qualified to the group all-around final, ending on 5th place.[17]
On 17-19 July, Sorokina and her teammates (Darya Sorokina, Kamilla Aliyeva, Yelyzaveta Luzan and Laman Alimuradova) won gold medal in the Group all-around at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen. In the apparatus finals, they won gold in 5 Ribbons and silver in 3 Balls + 2 Hoops .[18]
