Anastasia Maksimova

Anastasia Maksimova
 Gymnast 
Alternative name(s) Anastasiia Maximova
Country represented  Russia
Born 27 June 1991
Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Hometown Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team 2008-present
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Tatiana Sergaeva
Choreographer Tatiana Pomerantseva

Anastasia Maksimova (Russian: Анастасия Ивановна Максимова; born 27 June 1991, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time World Group All-around bronze medalist, the 2014 European Group All-around champion and two time (2013, 2014) World Cup Final Group All-around champion.

Career

A veteran in the Russian Group, Maksimova has competed in 3 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 moved into the Russian reserve team in 2010 but rejoined the Russian national Group team in 2013.

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 Final 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.

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 Final Group all-around champions and won gold in 10 clubs. At the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, Turkey, the Russian Group only finished 4th in all-around behind Belarus, they won gold in 2Ribbon / 3Balls final.

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