Anastasia Maksimova

Anastasia Maksimova
Maksimova with Vladimir Putin in 2016
Personal information
Alternative name(s)	Anastasiia Maximova
Nickname(s)	Nastia
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 25) Petrozavodsk, Russia
Hometown	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team	2008–2016
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Tatiana Sergeeva
Choreographer	Tatiana Pomerantseva
Retired	yes
Medal record Representing  Russia Group Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around World Championships 2009 Mie 5 Hoops 2013 Kiev 2Ribbon / 3Balls 2014 Izmir 2Ribbon / 3Balls 2015 Stuttgart Group All-around 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons 2009 Mie Group All-around 2009 Mie 3Ribbon / 2Ropes 2013 Kiev Group All-around European Games 2015 Baku Group All-Around 2015 Baku 5 Ribbons European Championships 2016 Holon Group All-around 2014 Baku Group All-around 2014 Baku 2Ribbon / 3Balls 2014 Baku 10 Clubs Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Group All-around 2013 Kazan 10 Clubs 2013 Kazan 2Ribbon / 3Balls

Anastasia Ivanovna Maksimova (Russian: Анастасия Ивановна Максимова; 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 two-time European (2016, 2014) Group All-around champion.

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.

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.

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 Izmir, Turkey, the Russian Group only finished 4th in all-around behind Belarus, they won gold in 2Ribbon / 3Balls final.