Takhmina Ikromova

Takhmina Ikromova (born 6 August 2004) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Asian Games all-around and team gold medalist, a four-time (2022, 2023, 2025, 2026) Asian all-around champion and the 2025 World University Games all-around silver medalist.

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the rhythmic individual all-around, where she came in 14th place at the qualifications.

Career

Ikromova began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five after being brought to the gym by her mother. She won several international competitions for young gymnasts.^[3]

Junior

She represented Uzbekistan at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Moscow, Russia and finished in 11th place in the Team competition. Individually, she placed 10th in both the rope and ribbon qualifications.

Senior

2021

At the 2021 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she won the silver medals in the all-around, clubs and ribbon finals and a gold medal in the hoop final. At the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan she placed 29th in the all-around qualification.

2022

In 2022, she competed at World Cup Tashkent and won a gold medal in the all-around in front of Ekaterina Vedeneeva from Slovenia and Darja Varfolomeev from Germany.^[4] She also took gold medals in the hoop and clubs finals, a bronze medal in the ribbon final, and finished 4th place in the ball final.

She competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games. In the team event, she won the silver medal along with her teammates Yosmina Rakhimova and Sabina Tashkenbaeva. She also won three individual silver medals, in the ball, clubs, and ribbon finals, and the gold medal in the hoop final.^[5]

At the 2022 World Championships, she qualified to the all-around final in eleventh place. She qualified for the clubs final with the fifth-highest score with that apparatus; it was the first time in more than a decade that an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast had qualified to an apparatus final at the World Championships.^[6] She was again 11th place in the all-around final and just out of the medals in 4th place in the clubs final.^[7]

2023

In 2023, she started the competition season at Athens World Cup, where she finished 4th in the all-around and won a silver medal in the clubs final. She took part in Sofia World Cup, where she won bronze in the all-around. She qualified for three apparatus finals, winning gold in ribbon and bronze in ball final. On April 14–16, she competed at Tashkent World Cup, winning the silver medal in the all-around, behind Italian Sofia Raffaeli. She qualified to all apparatus finals, but only won a medal in the hoop final (bronze). She finished 4th in the all-around at Baku World Cup and won bronze medals in the ball and ribbon finals. At the 2023 Asian Championships, she won gold in the all-around, team event, and three of the apparatus finals (hoop, ball, and clubs).^[8]She competed at the 2023 World Championships, where she finished in 5th place in the all-around final and qualified to two apparatus finals; she was 4th with the clubs and 8th with the ribbon.^[9] This was a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and her placement gave Uzbekistan a berth in the individual event at the Olympics, which was allotted to Ikromova.^[10] In October, she competed at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. She won gold in the team event with her teammates Vilana Savadyan and Evelina Atalyants, and she also won gold in the individual event.^[11][12] At the end of 2023, she was given an award for the best female Uzbekistani athlete of the year.^[13] She was featured on a commemorative postage stamps due to her two gold medals at the Asian Games.^[14]

2024

Ikromova began her 2024 season by competing at the Grand Prix event in Marbella, Spain. She finished second in the all-around, behind Stiliana Nikolova and ahead of Darja Varfolomeev, and she also won silver with the clubs and the ball.^[15] At the next Grand Prix event in Thiais, she won the all-around gold medal.^[16]

She competed at her first World Cup of the season in Sofia. There she was sixth in the all-around and won a silver in the ball final.^[17] At her next World Cup in Tashkent, Ikromova won the all-around silver medal behind Varfolomeev and ahead of Boryana Kaleyn. She won two of the four event finals (hoop and ball) and won silver in the other two (clubs and ribbon).^[18]

At the 2024 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Ikromova was silver in the all-around behind Elzhana Taniyeva. Along with the other Uzbekistani gymnasts, she won gold in the team event. She won two gold medals (ball, clubs) and an additional silver (ribbon) in the apparatus finals.^[19]

Ikromova competed at the World Cup in Milan in June. She came in 8th place in the all-around and qualified for three apparatus finals. In the ball final, she won bronze.^[20]

In August, Ikromova competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she made mistakes in her hoop and clubs routines. She ended the qualification round in 14th place and did not advance to the final.^[21]

2025

Ikromova began her season in late February by competing for Italian club Ginnastica Ritmica Albachiara during the first stage of the Italian Serie A2 club championship, where the team won the gold medal. At the Grand Prix Mabella in late Mach, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk and Sofia Raffaeli. She also won the silver medal in ball and finished 4th in the hoop final.

In April, she competed at World Cup Sofia and won the bronze medal in the all-around. She won another bronze medal in the ball final and a silver medal in clubs. On 25-27 April, she competed at World Cup Tashkent, where she won the gold medal in the all-around ahead of Darja Varfolomeev and Liliana Lewinska. She won the gold medal in hoop, silver medals in the ball and ribbon finals and a bronze in clubs.^[22] In May, she became the 2025 Asian all-around champion.^[23] She also won gold in team, hoop and clubs and bronze in ball.^[24]

On 17-19 July she won the all-around silver medal at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen. In the apparatus finals, she took gold in hoop and ribbon and silver in ball.^[25] Ikromova was selected to represent Uzbekistan alongside Anastasiya Sarantseva at the 2025 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[26] She took 5th place in the all-around final, equaling her result from the 2023 Worlds. She qualified to two apparatus finals, finishing 4th in ball and 8th in clubs.

2026

Ikromova started the season competing at Grand Prix Mabella in late Mach, where she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk. She also won silver in hoop, bronze in ball and gold in clubs finals. In April, she won the bronze medal in the all-around at the Tashkent World Cup. She also won gold medals in hoop and ball and the silver medal in the clubs final. The next weekend, she competed at the Baku World Cup and took 4th place in the all-around.

Achievements

• First Uzbek rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual apparatus final at the FIG World Cup series.
• First Uzbek rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in an individual All-around at the FIG World Cup series.
• First Uzbek rhythmic gymnast to win a gold medal in an individual All-around at the FIG World Cup series.

Routine music information

Competitive highlights

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

Source:^[27]

References

1. ^ "Takhmina Ikromova/Coach". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
2. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics World Ranking 2025 Individual Competition". International Gymnastics Federation
3. ^ Sheralieva, Zarina (15 December 2016). "Абсолютная чемпионка международного турнира" [All-around champion of an international tournament] (in Russian). samcity.uz. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
4. ^ Leticia Bila (16 April 2022). "Home gymnast Ikromova and Bulgarian team claim golds at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Tashkent"
5. ^ "5th Islamic Solidarity Games - Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual". Konya 2021. 14 August 2022. Archived 14 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine.
6. ^ "Xushxabar: gimnastikachimiz Taxmina Ikromova Jahon chempionati finalida" [Good news: Our gymnast Takhmina Ikromova made the finals of the World Championships] (in Uzbek). navoiy-gimnastika.uz. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
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13. ^ "O'zbekistonning eng yaxshi ayol sportchisi: "Xudo xohlasa, Olimpiadada ham medal qo'lga kiritamiz"" [The best female athlete in Uzbekistan: "God willing, we'll win a medal at the Olympics"] (in Uzbek). Olamsport.com. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
14. ^ ""O'zbekistonning sportdagi yutuqlari" turkumiga bag'ishlangan pochta markalarning chiqarilishi" [Issuance of postage stamps dedicated to the series "Achievements of Uzbekistan in sports".] (in Uzbek). uz.post. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
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18. ^ "FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Tashkent (UZB) 2024" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 28 April 2024. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
19. ^ "15th Senior Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships". sportvokrug.ru. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
20. ^ "Results for FIG World Cup 2024 Milan". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
21. ^ Cintioli, Michela (2024-08-08). "Ritmica, Olimpiadi 2024 - Sofia Raffaeli e Milena Baldassarri scrivono la storia: sono entrambe in finale All-Around!" [Rhythmic Gymnastics, Olympic Games 2024 – Sofia Raffaeli and Milena Baldassarri write the story: they are both in the All-Around final!] (in it-IT). ginnasticando.it. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
22. ^ "FIG RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP TASHKENT (UZB) 202" (in Russian). 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
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25. ^ "FISU World University Games 2025 Results Book". rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
26. ^ "Top stars named for Rhythmic Worlds in Rio". International Gymnastics Federation. 2025-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
27. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics IKROMOVA Takhmina - The 19th Asian Games". Archived 2023-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-01-08.

External links

• Takhmina Ikromova at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)