Zhala Piriyeva

Career

Junior

Piriyeva began gymnastics at 4 years old. She began appearing in international competitions in the 2012 season winning gold in all-around at an International tournament in Hungary. In October 17-19, Piriyeva traveled in Tokyo for the 2014 Aeon Cup, representing team Ocaq Sports club (together with senior teammates Marina Durunda and Gulsum Shafizadeh) where they finished 5th in team event.

In April 3, 2015, Piriyeva competed in junior division at the Irina Deleanu International tournament winning silver in the all-around behind Russian Daria Pridannikova.

Senior

In 2016 Season, Piriyeva made her senior international debut at the 2016 Valentine Cup in Tartu, Estonia.

Achievements

• She is the three-time (2013-2015) junior Azerbaijani national champion. In 2013, Piriyeva won 3 gold medals in Valentine Cup in Estonia in hoop, ball and clubs. She competed in the junior division at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Ukraine"s Eleonora Romanova, she has also competed in the 2013 World Cup series. In 2014, Piriyeva started her season competing at the 2014 Mission Valentine in Tartu, Estonia where she won gold in hoop. She competed in events in the 2014 World Cup series in Debrecen with Team Azerbaijan taking bronze, in Lisbon where she won 2 gold medals in hoop and ribbon, In Minsk she qualified to ribbon finals finishing 5th. In June 10-16, Piriyeva competed at the 2014 European Junior Championships where team Azerbaijan won bronze, she qualified to 3 event finals and won silver medal in hoop behind Russia"s Yulia Bravikova. She won bronze in the junior all-around behind Belarusian Mariya Trubach. In October 2-4, Piriyeva together with senior teammates Marina Durunda and Ayshan Bayramova represented Team Ocaq Sports Club at the 2015 Aeon Cup in Tokyo Japan, Piriyeva won the junior all-around bronze medal with a total of 61.716 and with Team Azerbaijan finishing 5th in the overall standings. Piriyeva then competed at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow where she finished 30th in the all-around.