Hobbies
Snowboarding, water scooters, sky diving. (inbusiness.kz, 10 Oct 2020; Athlete, 22 Apr 2020)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Physical Education, Teaching - Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism: Almaty, KAZ
Spoken languages
English, Kazakh, Russian
Club
Dynamo: Kazakhstan
Coach
Vladimir Vatkin [personal]; Alexandr Kim [national], KAZ
International senior debut
2017
Injuries
In February 2018 he broke his arm in three places after a fall from the parallel bars at the World Cup event in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (olympic.kz, 17 Apr 2020; mix.tn.kz, 20 Apr 2019)
He suffered a neck injury while competing at the 2017 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. (informburo.kz, 24 Nov 2017)
Start sporting career
He began gymnastics at age three in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Reason for taking up the sport
"I was brought to a competition where my cousin competed, we wanted to support her. I was a hyperactive boy, always jumping and rolling around. Tahir Rezvanovich Kashkuli, who eventually became my first coach, saw this at the competition and started talking my mum into bringing me to a gymnastics class. Of course, my mum said I was too young, then Tahir Rezvanovich said, 'If you agree, your son will train with me for free'. So that's how I started doing artistic gymnastics."
Ambitions
To win medals at the Olympic Games and world championships. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2023)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning bronze in the floor exercise at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. (Athlete, 07 Nov 2023)
Rituals
To reduce nerves before he competes, he listens to music and tries to occupy himself. "I tend to throw things all around the room if the competition is late. And then gradually I collect them, I clean, and it calms me down." (olympic.kz, 17 Apr 2020)
Awards
He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (shooting-sports.kz, 20 Dec 2021; Athlete, 20 Mar 2018)
Additional information
ORIGINS
He credits his parents for their contribution to his sports development. "I have a sports, friendly family. My parents made every effort so that I could become a holistic person. My father is Iranian by nationality, and my mother is Russian. Before my birth, my father moved to permanent residence in Almaty, so an opinion that I am a legionnaire [naturalised athlete] is wrong." (prosports.kz, 03 Jun 2019)
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