Aqmaral Erekeşeva (; born 20 March 2010) is a Kazakh rhythmic gymnast. She's a multiple World and Asian junior Championships medalist.
Personal life She has one sister Adel, who also competes in rhythmic gymnastics.
Career Akmaral took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4.
Junior 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. 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. 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. In October, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships.
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. 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. In April, she won gold medal in all-around at Kazakhstani National Championships. On May 16-18, she competed at the 2025 Asian Championships in Singapore. 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. For the first time in the history of Kazakhstan — a two-time junior world champion in rhythmic gymnastics.
Senior 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. She also won gold medals in ball and clubs and silver in hoop and ribbon. In March, she made her senior international debut at Aphrodite Cup in Greece and won gold medal in all-around ahead of Andreea Verdes. In finals, she got gold in clubs and silver in ball. In early April, she competed at Thiais Grand Prix and took bronze medal in all-around behind Alina Harnasko and Mariia Borisova. She won silver medals in hoop and ribbon and bronze medal in clubs final. On April 17-19, she made her World Cup debut at Baku World Cup, where she took 10th place in all-around and won bronze medal in ribbon final.
In May, she competed at the 2026 Asian Championships in Bishkek, and won team silver medal alongside Aibota Yertaikyzy and senior group. She placed 6th in the all-around final and won bronze medals in hoop and ball, and silver in clubs final. In June, she won bronze medals in clubs and ribbon at Liga Iberdola in Spain. In July, she competed at Milan World Cup and took 11th place in all-around, and did not qualify to any apparatus finals.
In August, she was selected to represent Kazakhstan at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany, alongside Aibota Yertaikyzy and senior group. In her senior World Championships debut, she ended on 8th place in all-around qualifications and earned Kazakhstan a spot in the all-around final, for the first time after Elzhana Taniyeva in 2022. She also qualified to two apparatus finals, finishing 5th in clubs and 8th in ribbon. In September, she won silver medal in all-around behind Taisiia Onofriichuk at Brno Grand Prix. She also won gold in hoop and silver in ball and clubs finals. In October, she competed at the 2026 Asian Games and took first place in the all-around qualifications. She ended on 4th place in the all-around final, after big mistakes in clubs routine.
Routine music information +YearApparatusMusic title2026HoopРух by Президенттік оркестр / Сауыт by Ибрагим ЕскендірBallDuck Duck Goose by Power-Haus & Joni FullerClubsUnshakable March by Цифей / Main theme (from Pirates of the Caribbean)RibbonNah Neh Nah by Vaya Con Dios2025HoopРух by Президенттік оркестр / Сауыт by Ибрагим ЕскендірBallPerhaps, perhaps, perhaps by The Pussycat DollsClubsRevolt by Nathan LanierRibbonThe Terry Theme From Limelight by Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra / Paris By Night by Bob Sinclar
Competitive highlights (Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
International: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon 2026Asian Games4thGrand Prix Brno2nd1st2nd2nd2ndWorld Championships Frankfurt6th11th42nd (Q)16th (Q)5th8thWorld Cup Milan11th13th (Q)18th (Q)9th (Q)12th (Q)Asian Championships Bishkek6th2nd3rd3rd2nd4thWorld Cup Baku10th6th13th (Q)27th (Q)3rdGrand Prix Thiais3rd2nd4th3rd2ndIT Aphrodite Cup1st10th (Q)2nd1st5th International: Junior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon 2025Junior World Championships14th2nd1st1stJunior Asian Championships2nd2nd1st2nd1stIT AGF Trophy1st2nd1st1stIT Aphrodite Cup1st2nd1st2nd1st2024Junior Asian Championships2nd1st2nd3rd1st National: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2026Kazakhstani National Championships 1st2nd1st1st2nd National: Junior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2025Kazakhstani National Championships 1st2024Kazakhstani National Championships 1st Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score); WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
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