Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova ( rus, Анастасия Андреевна Ильянкова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə ɪlʲɪ̯ɪnˈkovə, born 12 January 2001) is a Russian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 European champion on the uneven bars.

Junior career

Ilyankova competed at the 2014 L'International Gymnix, where Russia won the team gold medal. She won two gold medals in uneven bars and balance beam at the 2016 European Junior Championships.

Senior career

2017

Ilyankova was injured at the beginning of the 2017 season, competing only on Bars at the Russian Championships and missing a spot on the Jesolo and European Championships team. Instead, she made her debut at the Osijek World Cup, competing only on Uneven Bars and Balance Beam, winning gold and silver respectively. She later competed at the Russian Cup, winning the Bars title. Her victory in Uneven Bars earned her a place on the provisional Russian 2017 World Championships team to

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, Canada. Ilyankova was prepared for the competition, and traveled to

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with the team for the

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. She qualified to the uneven bars final with a score of 15.066, less that a tenth of a point behind Elena Eremina and beating teammate

Angelina Melnikova Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the jo ...

for the second spot. In the final, her foot hit the bar on her Shang release, incurring a 3-tenth deduction, leading her to take fourth place behind

Nina Derwael Nina Derwael ( or ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games ...

of Belgium, Eremina, and

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 ...

of China.

2018

In April, Ilyankova competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo trophy event in Italy. She earned a gold medal with the Russian team, a bronze in the all-around behind USA's

Ragan Smith Ragan Elizabeth Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American collegiate gymnast. She is a five-time member of the US National Team (2014–2019). She is the 2017 United States national all-around champion and was an alternate for the 2016 Olymp ...

and

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, and gold on the uneven bars, ahead of Smith and teammate Angelina Melnikova. She also finished eighth on balance beam.

2019

Ilyankova competed at the

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where she placed first on uneven bars. As a result she was chosen to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside

Angelina Simakova Angelina Alekseevna Simakova (russian: Ангелина Алексеевна Симакова, born 26 August 2002) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She resides in Obninsk, Russia, and is coached by Irina Kolobova. She is the 2019 Russian ...

, Angelina Melnikova, and

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. A week later she competed at the Baku World Cup. She qualified in first place to the uneven bars final. In the finals she finished in second place behind Lyu Jiaqi of China. At the Doha World Cup she qualified to the uneven bars final in third place behind

of Belgium and

of China. In the uneven bars finals, she once again placed third behind Derwael and Fan. At the

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Ilyankova qualified to the uneven bars final in fourth place. During event finals, she performed a clean routine and placed first ahead of Melnikova and

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of Italy, becoming a European Champion on the event. In June Ilyankova was named as

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

's replacement for the

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; she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova and

Aleksandra Shchekoldina Aleksandra Eduardovna Shchekoldina ( rus, Алекса́ндра Эдуа́рдовна Щеко́лдина; born 11 July 2002) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Russian national junior champion in vault and silver medalist ...

. During qualifications she finished third on uneven bars behind

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of Great Britain and

of Belgium, qualifying to the event final. She later had to withdraw from the event final due to an allergic reaction. In August Ilyankova competed at the Russian Cup where she finished fourth on the uneven bars behind

Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya ( née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 Euro ...

Vladislava Urazova Vladislava Sergeyevna Urazova ( rus, Владислава Сергеевна Уразова, , vɫədʲɪˈsɫavə ʊˈrazəvə, born 14 August 2004) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summe ...

, and Melnikova. In November she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed sixth on the uneven bars.

2020

Ilyankova competed at the Baku World Cup; during qualifications she finished second on uneven bars behind

and qualified to the event finals. However event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.

2021

Ilyankova competed at the Russian National Championships where she finished seventh on uneven bars after falling off the apparatus. She next competed at the Russian Cup in June where she finished third on uneven bars behind Vladislava Urazova and Angelina Melnikova. Ilyankova was selected to represent the

Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Prior to the 2019 decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Russia was expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which took place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would have been the cou ...

as an individual athlete. At the

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she won the silver medal on the

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behind two-time World champion

Competitive history

International Scores

References

External links

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Anastasia Ilyankova
at sportgymrus.ru * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyankova, Anastasia 2001 births Living people Russian female artistic gymnasts European champions in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Russia People from Leninsk-Kuznetsky Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Sportspeople from Kemerovo Oblast