Anastasia Shishmakova

Anastasia Shishmakova
Full nameAnastasia Olegovna Shishmakova
Nickname(s)Nastya
Born (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000
Seversk, Russia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Russia
ClubCSKA Moscow
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
World Championships
2018 Sofia Group All-around
2019 Baku Group All-around
2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
2018 Sofia 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
2019 Baku 5 Balls
European Games
2019 Minsk 5 Balls
2019 Minsk Group All-around
European Championships
2018 Guadalajara Team
2018 Guadalajara Group All-around
2018 Guadalajara 5 Hoops

Anastasia Olegovna Shishmakova (Russian: Анастасия Олеговна Шишмакова; born 22 February 2000) is a Russian former group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time (2018, 2019) World group all-around champion and the 2018 European group all-around champion.

Career

Shishmakova took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of seven in her hometown of Seversk after previously training in artistic gymnastics.[1] She joined the Russian national group as a reserve in 2017 and moved up to the main group in 2018.[2]

At the 2018 European Championships, Shishmakova won gold medals in the team event and in the group all-around.[3] She competed with the Russian group that lost the all-around competition to Italy at the Minsk World Challenge Cup.[4] They also lost to Italy due to a tie-breaker at the Kazan World Challenge Cup.[5] At the 2018 World Championships, Shishmakova and the Russian group won the all-around title,[6] and they won the silver medal in the 3 balls and 2 ropes final.[7]

Shishmakova helped Russia win the group all-around at the 2019 Pesaro World Cup.[8] She missed the 2019 Holon Grand Prix due to a hand injury, but she returned in time for the 2019 European Games.[1] There, Russia won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Belarus and Bulgaria after making mistakes in the 3 hoops and 4 clubs routine.[9] They did win the gold medal with their 5 balls routine.[10] At the 2019 Kazan World Challenge Cup, she helped the Russian group win the all-around competition ahead of Bulgaria.[11] She helped Russia successfully defend its group all-around title.[12] They won the 3 hoops and 4 clubs apparatus final but dropped to the bronze medal in the 5 balls final.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shishmakova Anastasia – FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Шишмакова Анастасия" [Shishmakova Anastasia]. Gimnastika (in Russian). Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  3. ^ Giles, Thomas (2 June 2018). "Russia claim double gold at European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Ashram, Italian group victorious in Minsk". International Gymnastics Federation. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Soldatova, Italian group claim Kazan World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Russia claims Rhythmic Group All-around title". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  7. ^ "36th Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Results Book" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Averinas complete second Pesaro clean sweep". International Gymnastics Federation. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Российские гимнастки взяли бронзу в групповом многоборье на Европейских играх" [Russian gymnasts win bronze in group all-around at European Games]. Sport Box (in Russian). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Российские гимнастки победили в упражнениях с пятью мячами на Европейских играх" [Russian gymnasts win five-ball event at European Games]. Sport Box (in Russian). 23 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  11. ^ Martin, Miranda (2 September 2019). "Home Team Shines At The 2019 Kazan Rhythmic World Challenge Cup". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  12. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (21 September 2019). "Russia retain group all-around title at Rhythmic World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  13. ^ Jiwani, Rory (22 September 2019). "What we learned from the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 September 2025.