Anastasia Maksimova

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovna and the family name is Maksimova.

Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova (Russian: Анастасия Ивановна Максимова, IPA: [ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə mɐˈksʲiməvə]; born 27 June 1991) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group champion, the 2015 Worlds Group All-around champion, two-time World Group All-around bronze medalist and three-time European (2021, 2016, 2014) Group All-around champion.^[2]

Anastasia Maksimova
Anastasia Maksimova in 2016
Personal information
Alternative name(s)	Anastasiia Maximova
Nickname(s)	Nastia
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) Petrozavodsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Hometown	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team	2008–2016, 2019-
Club	Dynamo Moscow[2]
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner[2]
Assistant coach(es)	Tatiana Sergaeva [2]
Choreographer	Tatiana Pomerantseva
Retired	no
Medal record Group Rhythmic Gymnastics International gymnastics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 0 World Championships 7 1 4 European Games 3 0 1 European Championships 5 1 0 Summer Universiade 3 0 0 Total 16 2 3 Representing  ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Group All-around Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around World Championships 2009 Mie 5 Hoops 2013 Kyiv 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons 2014 İzmir 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons 2015 Stuttgart Group All-around 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops 2019 Baku Group All-around 2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons 2009 Mie Group All-around 2009 Mie 3 Ribbons + 2 Ropes 2013 Kyiv Group All-around 2019 Baku 5 Balls European Games 2015 Baku Group All-around 2015 Baku 5 Ribbons 2019 Minsk 5 Balls 2019 Minsk Group All-around European Championships 2014 Baku Group All-around 2014 Baku 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons 2016 Holon Group All-around 2021 Varna Team 2021 Varna Group All-around 2014 Baku 10 Clubs 2021 Varna 5 Balls Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Group All-around 2013 Kazan 10 Clubs 2013 Kazan 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons

Career

A veteran in the Russian Group, Maksimova has competed in 4 World Championships, Maksimova appeared in her first Worlds in 2009 (Mie, Japan) where the Russian Group won bronze in Group all-around. she was briefly relegated into the Russian reserve team in 2010 but rejoined the Russian national Group team in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Maksimova was member of the Russian Group that won the gold medals at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Group All-around, 10 clubs and 2 ribbons/3 balls. Maksimova and the Russian Group won the gold medals in Group All-around, 10 clubs and 2 ribbons/3 balls at the 2013 World Cup series in St. Petersburg, Russia. Maksimova and her Russian teammates won the Group All-around bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships, they won gold in 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls final.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Maksimova with the Russian Group became the 2014 European Group all-around champions, in event finals, they won gold in 2Ribbon / 3Balls and silver in 10 Clubs. They repeated as the 2014 World Cup series Group all-around champions and won gold in 10 clubs. At the 2014 World Championships in İzmir, Turkey, the Russian Group only finished 4th in all-around behind Belarus, they won gold in 2Ribbon / 3Balls final.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Maksimova was member of the Russian Group that won gold at the inaugural 2015 European Games, they took gold in Group all-around and 5 Ribbons. At the 2015 World Cup Budapest, Maksimova with the Russian Group won gold in Group all-around, 5 Ribbons and bronze in 6 clubs / 2 Hoops. At the 2015 World Cup series in Kazan, Maksimova together with members of the Russian Group won the gold medal in Group all-around, In event finals: they also won gold in 5 ribbons and 6 clubs / 2 hoops.^{[citation needed]}

In 9–13 September, Maksimova together with other members of Russian Group (Diana Borisova, Daria Kleshcheva, Sofya Skomorokh, Anastasia Tatareva and Maria Tolkacheva) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart where they won the Group all-around title, eight years later; since the Russian Group won the all-around title in 2007. In apparatus finals, they won gold in 6 Clubs / 2 Hoop and silver in 5 Ribbons.^[3]

In 2016, Maksimova and the Russian group won group gold at the 2016 European Championships in Holon, Israel. On 19–21 August, Maksimova was member of the golden winning Russian group (together with Anastasiia Tatareva, Maria Tolkacheva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[4]

Shortly after the Olympics, Maksimova completed her competitive sports career by the end of the 2016 Season. However she resumed competition and returned to the national team in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

She was selected to represent Russia in group competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan together with Anastasia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Angelina Shkatova and Alisa Tishchenko.

Detailed Olympic results

Year	Competition Description	Location	Music	Apparatus	Rank	Score-Final	Rank	Score-Qualifying
2020	Olympics	Tokyo		All-around	2nd	90.700	2nd	89.050
			Prince Igor: Polovetskie tancy s khorom by Symphony Orchestra of State Moscow	5 Balls	2nd	46.200	2nd	45.750
			Ruslan and Liudmila by State Symphony Orchestra of USSR	3 Hoops + 4 Clubs	2nd	44.500	3rd	43.300
2016	Olympics	Rio de Janeiro		All-around	1st	36.233	2nd	35.516
			L'adoration De La Terre, Le Sacrifice - Danse Sacrale, Time, Forward! Igor Stravinsky, Moscow New Choir, Elena Rastvora, Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Vedernikov	6 Clubs / 2 Hoops	1st	18.633	6th	17.233
			Samba do Brasil, Those Were The Days by Bellini, Gruppa Na-Na	5 Ribbons	3rd	17.600	1st	18.283

References

1. Anastasiia Maksimova Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
2. Anastasiia Maksimova Archived 10 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
3. "Russia fight back to reclaim Rhythmic Gymnastics World group all-around title". insidethegames. 12 September 2015.
4. "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

External links

• Anastasiia Maksimova at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Anastasiia Maksimova at Olympics.com
• Anastasiya Maksimova at Olympedia