Zohra Aghamirova

About Zohra Aghamirova

Zohra Aghamirova (Azerbaijani: Zöhrə Ağamirova; born 8 August 2001) is an Azerbaijani retired rhythmic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Aghamirova began gymnastics when she was three and started rhythmic gymnastics when she was four. She joined the national school for gymnasts in 2015. In 2018, she started studying at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Education and Sport.

In June 2019, Aghamirova represented Azerbaijan at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where she finished in eighth place in the all-around competition. In July, she took part in the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, and won a silver medal in the all-around. She qualified for all four apparatus finals, and she won another silver medal in clubs.

The 2019 World Championships were held in her hometown of Baku, Azerbaijan. Aghamirova said that the competition was important to her both because of its location and because it was a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics. She finished in sixteenth place in the all-around final, which won Azerbaijan a spot at the Olympic Games.

In 2021, she competed in the European Championships and placed 16th in the all-around. Aghamirova was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympics, and at the 2020 Olympic Games, she finished eighteenth in the qualification round for the individual all-around. Later that year, at the 2021 World Championships, she was in 24th place in the all-around qualifications and did not advance to the final.

In June 2022, she competed at the European Championships and placed 9th in the all-around, her best placement at that competition thus far. In August, she competed at the delayed 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games. She won gold in the team competition with her teammates Alina Gozalova, Ilona Zeynalova, and the Azerbaijani group. Individually, she also won gold in the clubs and ribbon finals, silver with hoop, and bronze with ball. In September, she was selected for the World Championships. She was 13th in the all-around final and reached two apparatus finals; she finished 6th with hoop and 5th with ribbon.

In May 2023, Aghamirova competed at the European Championships and won her first medal, a bronze in the ball final. She said that she was “very happy” to win a medal at the European Championships. In July, she competed at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games. She won three medals: bronze with ribbon and silver with clubs and hoop. She then competed at the World Championships in August. In the qualification round, she was 12th, which was high enough to once again win an Olympic quota for Azerbaijan. She finished in 18th in the all-around final. At the end of the year, she was named Best Female Athlete of the Year for Azerbaijan along with Govhar Beydullayeva and Irina Zaretska and one of the top ten athletes of the year.

At the 2024 European Championships, she placed 17th in the all-around final. In August, she competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she placed 19th and did not advance to the final.

She announced her retirement in December 2024.