Yernar Yerimbetov (born February 15, 1980, in Almaty) is a Kazakhstani

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. Yerimbetov trained under the old Soviet system until the

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dissolved. He first competed internationally at age 17, in the 1997 Junior International. He finished 24th All Around (AA) with a 46.650. At the

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, he made finals on Floor and

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, finishing in 6th place. He also made finals on Floor and Vault, finishing out of the medals. Yerimbetov competed in many competitions during 2002 and 2003. He won a gold medal on HB at the Grand Prix at

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in 2005. He also won gold at the 2003 University Games and Asian Championships. At the

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, he placed 4th AA. Yerimbetov qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics but placed 14th in the Men's individual all-around after placing fifth in Men's artistic qualification. In the parallel bars competition, he finished eighth. In 2006, Yerimbetov won a bronze medal on vault at the

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, and competed at the Grand Prix Final on vault. Yernar has a wife and son in

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* * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2002 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2006 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade gold medalists for Kazakhstan Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic gymnasts of Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub