He represented Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 14th in the all-around and eighth in the parallel bars final.

[2] He began competing in senior competitions in 2000 and won a silver medal on the parallel bars behind Aljaž Pegan at the 2001 Cottbus World Cup.

[3] At the 2001 World Championships, he was the leader in the all-around final at the halfway point of the competition, but a mistake in the fourth rotation caused him to fall to sixth place.

[8] Yerimbetov began the 2003 season with a bronze medal on the parallel bars at the Paris World Cup.

[4] He won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2003 Summer Universiade behind South Korea's Yang Tae-young.

[23] Yerimbetov won bronze medals on the vault at both the 2006 Cottbus World Cup and the 2006 Asian Games.

[26] In 2007, Yerimbetov seriously injured his shoulder, causing him to miss the 2008 Summer Olympics, but he returned to competition at the end of 2008.