Anastasia Bliznyuk

Anastasia Bliznyuk
Anastasia Bliznyuk on the meeting of Russian 2012 Summer Olympics medalists with the President of Russia, August 16, 2012
Personal information
Full name	Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1994-06-28) 28 June 1994 (age 22) Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Residence	Penza, Russia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Tatiana Sergaeva
Medal record Representing  Russia Group Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 2012 London Group All-around 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around World Championships 2013 Kiev 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls 2013 Kiev Group All-around European Championships 2016 Holon Group All-around 2012 N.Novgorod Group All-around 2012 N.Novgorod 5 Balls Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Group All-around 2013 Kazan 10 Clubs 2013 Kazan 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls

Anastasia Ilyinichna Bliznyuk (Russian: Анастасия Ильинична Близнюк; born 28 June 1994, Zaporizhia, Ukraine) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is a two-time 2012 and 2016 Olympics Group All-around champion, 2013 World Group All-around bronze medalist, and two-time European (2016, 2012) Group All-around champion. Bliznyuk is the third group rhythmic gymnast to win two gold medals in the Olympic Games after the late Natalia Lavrova and Yelena Posevina.

Anastasia is the daughter of former football player Ilya Bliznyuk who played for the Ukrainian national team and was the head coach of FC Zirka Kirovograd. She has an elder sister named Alexandra and a younger brother named Vladimir.

Bliznyuk was part of the gold medal winning Russian Group at the 2012 European Championships and at the World Cup Final in Minsk, Belarus. She won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the group all-around event together with other group members (Uliana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova).