Yernar Yerimbetov

2000–2002

He began competing in senior competitions in 2000 and won a silver medal on the parallel bars behind Aljaž Pegan at the 2001 Cottbus World Cup.^[3] At the 2001 World Championships, he was the leader in the all-around final at the halfway point of the competition, but a mistake in the fourth rotation caused him to fall to sixth place.^[4] He also qualified for the floor exercise and vault finals, finishing seventh and fifth, respectively.^[5]

Yerimbetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2002 Asian Games and finished fourth on the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.^[6] He then won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2002 Glasgow World Cup.^[7] He placed sixth in the vault final at the 2002 World Championships.^[8]

2003

Yerimbetov began the 2003 season with a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Paris World Cup.^[9] He then won a silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Glasgow World Cup.^[10] At the 2003 Asian Championships, he won gold medals on the floor exercise and the horizontal bar and a silver medal on the vault.^[4] He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2003 Summer Universiade behind South Korea's Yang Tae-young. In the event finals, he tied with Yang for the parallel bars title, and he tied with Latvia's Jevgēņijs Saproņenko for the vault title.^[11] At the 2003 World Championships, he placed fourth in the all-around and was less than two-tenths of a point away from a medal.^[12]

2004

Yerimbetov won a silver medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the floor exercise at the 2004 Cottbus World Cup.^[13] Then at the World Cup in Lyon, he won the gold medal on the parallel bars.^[14] He won three silver medals at the Rio de Janeiro World Cup- vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.^[15] He then competed 2004 Summer Olympics and placed 14th in the all-around final after placing fifth in the qualification round.^[16] In the parallel bars final, he finished eighth.^[17] After the Olympic Games, he won a gold medal on the horizontal bar and a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Ghent World Cup.^[18] He then won a bronze medal on the vault at the Stuttgart World Cup.^[19]

2005–2009

Yerimbetov won a gold medal on the horizontal bar at 2005 Ghent World Cup.^[20] He then won a silver medal on the vault behind Marian Drăgulescu at the Paris World Cup.^[21] Then at the 2005 Summer Universiade, he won a silver medal on the parallel bars and a bronze medal on the vault.^[22] He finished 17th in the all-around final at the 2005 World Championships.^[23]

Yerimbetov won bronze medals on the vault at both the 2006 Cottbus World Cup and the 2006 Asian Games.^[24][25] He then finished fourth in the vault final at the 2006 World Championships.^[26]

In 2007, Yerimbetov seriously injured his shoulder, causing him to miss the 2008 Summer Olympics, but he returned to competition at the end of 2008.^[27] He competed on the vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar at the 2009 World Championships but did not advance past the qualification round.^[28]

2010–2011

Yerimbetov represented Kazakhstan at the 2010 Asian Games and helped his team finish fourth.^[29] Individually, he finished fourth in the vault final and fifth in the horizontal bar final.^[30] He competed in the all-around at the 2010 World Championships and placed 60th in the qualification round.^[31]

Yerimbetov won a silver medal on the parallel bars at the 2011 Doha World Cup.^[32] His final major competition was the 2011 World Championships,^[33] and he helped Kazakhstan place 24th as a team.^[34]