Anastasia Nikolaevna Agafonova (russian: Анастасия Николаевна Агафонова; born 4 August 2003) is a Russian
artistic gymnast
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Vladimir Oblast
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Specialized Children's and Youth Sports School for the Olympic Reserve in Artistic Gymnastics.
Junior career: 2016-2018
Agafonova competed at the 2016 Russian Espoir Championships where she finished 4th in the all-around and won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Ksenia Klimenko. She competed at the
2017 City of Jesolo Trophy
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Varvara Zubova
Varvara Andreevna Zubova (russian: Варвара Андреевна Зубова, born 29 October 2002) is a Russian artistic gymnast and a former member of Russia’s national gymnastics team. She resides in Moscow, Moscow Region, Russia, and ...
, and they won the bronze medal in the team competition behind the United States and Italy. At the 2017 Russian Junior Championships, she won the silver medal in the individual all-around, the bronze medal on the uneven bars and the silver medal on the balance beam. Agafonova missed 2018 season due to injury.
Senior career: 2019-present
In March, Agafonova competed at the senior Russian Championships, winning team and bars silver and placing ninth in the individual all-around. In late May, Agafonova won the uneven bars at the World Challenge Cup event in
Osijek
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, Croatia. She also competed at the World Challenge Cup in
Paris
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where she won the gold medal on the balance beam as well as the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos
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Angelina Melnikova
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Lilia Akhaimova
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Aleksandra Shchekoldina
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Daria Spiridonova
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, and
Maria Paseka
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(alternate), and they won silver in the team final. She then competed at the
FIG World Cup
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in
Cottbus
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where she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Fan Yilin
Fan Yilin (; born 11 November 1999) is a Chinese artistic gymnast and uneven bars specialist. She is a two-time world champion on the uneven bars (2015, 2017) and the 2015 Asian champion on balance beam. At the 2015 World Championships, she was ...
. Her last event of the season was the Voronin Cup, and she won the gold medal on the uneven bars.