Aliya Garayeva

Aliya Nurgayanovna (Nikolayevna) Garaeva (Garayeva) (Tatar: Алия Нургаян кызы Гәрәева; Aliya Nurgayan Kyzy Gäräeva; Russian: Алия Нургаяновна Гараева), born 1 January 1988 in Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a retired Azerbaijani individual rhythmic gymnast.

Garayeva won bronze at the 2010 World Championships in the individual apparatus finals in ball, ribbon and hoop.

The following year, Garayeva won the all-around bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France.

She finished 4th in the All-around finals with Belarus' Liubov Charkashyna taking the bronze medal.

She is married to Azerbaijani Javid Hajiyev, and on 7 August 2015 she gave birth to their first child, a son named Timur.

In March 2021, she started working as a full-time rhythmic gymnastics coach at club Eintracht Frankfurt.

Aliya Garayeva with ball