Akmaral Yerekesheva

Akmaral Yerekesheva (Kazakh: Ақмарал Ерекешеваcode: kaz promoted to code: kk ; born 20 March 2010) is a Kazakh rhythmic gymnast.^[1] She's a multiple World and Asian junior Championships medalist.

She has one sister Adel, who also competes in rhythmic gymnastics.

Akmaral took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4.^[2]

In March 2023, Yerekesheva made her international debut at the Aphrodite Cup in Greece, winning silver in the All-Around among those born in 2010.

In 2024, at the same tournament, she won gold in the All-Around and silver with clubs as well as bronze with ball.^[3][4][5] In May she was selected for the Asian Championships in Tashkent, there she won gold team, gold with ribbon, silver in the All-Around and with ball and bronze with clubs.^[6] In July she was the silver medalist in the All-Around and won bronze with clubs and ribbon at the VIII Games of the Children of Asia held in Yakutia.^[7] In October, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships.^[8]

In March 2025, she won gold in the All-Around junior, silver with hoop and with clubs, gold with ball and ribbon at the Aphrodite Cup.^{[9][10][11][12][13]} Then she competed at International tournament AGF Trophy in Baku, Azerbaijan, and won gold medals in team, ball and ribbon and silver medal in hoop.^[14] In April, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships.^[15] On May 16-18, she competed at the 2025 Asian Championships in Singapore.^[16] She won silver medals in all-around, team and clubs and gold medals in ball and ribbon.

In June, she was selected to represent Kazakhstan at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she won gold medals in ball and ribbon and silver medal in hoop final.^[17][18] For the first time in the history of Kazakhstan — a two-time junior world champion in rhythmic gymnastics.

In February 2026, she had her first competition as a senior, where she became the Kazakhstani national all-around champion in front of Aibota Yertaikyzy.^[19] She also won gold medals in ball and clubs and silver in hoop and ribbon.

• First Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships at both junior and senior level.
• First Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at World Championships at both junior and senior level.

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)