Anastasia R. Makarova (born 8 January 2003) is a Russian competitive

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. In the 100 metre breaststroke, she won the gold medal at the

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and silver medals at the

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and

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. In the 200 metre breaststroke, she won a silver medal at the 2019 World Junior Championships, a gold medal at the 2018 European Junior Championships, and a silver medal at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In the 50 metre breaststroke, she won a bronze medal at the 2019 European Junior Championships.

Background

Makarova was born 8 January 2003 in

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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. In 2022, Makarova started attending

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and competing collegiately on the school swim team partway through the 2021–2022 season, participating in her first competition in early February 2022.Lepesant, Anne (10 January 2022)
"Auburn Brings In Anastasia Makarova And Lewis Treggiden Mid-Season"
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''. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

Career

2018

2018 European Junior Championships

In July, at the

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, Makarova placed sixth in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke on the first day of competition with a time of 31.71 seconds.

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(7 July 2018)
"LEN European Junior Championships: Swimming Day 1 Afternoon Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. On the third day of competition, Makarova won two medals in the same finals session, first winning a gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2:26.29 and second winning a silver medal as part of the

4×100 metre medley relay, where the relay finished with a time of 4:04.52 behind of the relay from

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and ahead of the

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relay.

(6 July 2018)
"LEN European Junior Championships: Swimming Day 3 Afternoon Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. For the fifth and final day of competition, Makarova won the silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:08.46, finishing 0.43 seconds after gold medalist

Kotryna Teterevkova Kotryna Teterevkova (born 23 January 2002) is a Lithuanian swimmer. She is the current national record holder in the 200-meter breastroke (long and short course) and 400-meter individual medley (long and short course). Teterevkova is also a m ...

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, 0.22 seconds ahead of bronze medalist

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of Germany, and 0.27 seconds ahead of

Niamh Coyne Niamh Coyne (born 22 June 2001) is an Irish swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. In October 2021 ...

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(8 July 2018)
"LEN European Junior Championships: Swimming Day 5 Afternoon Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 December 2021."Fourth Place Finish for Coyne in Breaststroke Final"
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''. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Heading into the final of the 100 metre breaststroke, Makarova had ranked first in the semifinals heats with a time of 1:08.46.Brien, Taylor (7 October 2018)
"Kliment Kolesnikov Completes Backstroke Sweep on Day 4 of Euro Juniors"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Day one of the

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, at the

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, Makarova swam the anchor leg of the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay in a time of 57.67, helping the relay qualify for the final ranked eighth, and won a gold medal in the event for her contribution in the prelims heats when the finals relay team, which did not include Makarova, finished first with a time of 3:28.50.Penland, Spencer (7 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games Day 1 Finals: Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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(12 October 2018)
"Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games: Official Results Book Swimming"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. The same day, Makarova placed 14th in the semifinals of the 50 metre breaststroke and did not advance to the final of the event. The next day, she split a 1:08.63 on the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the final to win the silver medal in a relay time of 4:06.07 with

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(backstroke), Polina Egorova (butterfly), and Elizaveta Klevanovich (freestyle).Sutherland, James (8 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021."Kolesnikov and Milak at the double in the pool"
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''. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021. In the final of the 100 metre breaststroke on day four, both Makarova and Niamh Coyne improved their final placement relative to the 2018 European Junior Championships, with Makarova winning the gold medal with a time of 1:07.88 and Niamh Coyne winning the silver medal in 1:08.90."Russia's swimmers come good again"
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''. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021."Niamh Coyne swims to a silver medal in Buenos Aires"
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''. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2021. On the fifth day, Makarova split a 56.84 for the second leg of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, helping achieve a time of 3:46.26 in the final, which was almost two seconds faster than the next relay team, the

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relay, and earned the Russia relay team the gold medal. Come the sixth and final day of swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Makarova started wrapping up her competition with the 200 metre breaststroke, where she placed sixth in the final with a time of 2:29.03, finishing two-hundredths of a second behind the fifth-place finisher

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.Sica, James (12 October 2018)
"2018 Youth Olympic Games Day Sex Recap: Minakov Earns Sixth Gold Medal"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Makarova finished wrapping up her competition in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in 1:10.00 and helping the finals relay consisting of her, Polina Egorova,

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, finish second with a time of 3:51.46 and win the silver medal.

2019

2019 European Junior Championships

On the first day of competition at the

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for the

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, Makarova won a bronze medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, finishing behind

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and Kotryna Teterevkova with a time of 31.26 seconds.Race, Retta (3 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Championships Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Two days later, 5 July, Makarova won her first medal of the finals session in the 200 metre breaststroke where she won the silver medal with her time of 2:26.06.Covington, Taylor (5 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day 3: Matthew Richards Swims 48.8 100 Free"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Later in the same finals session, Makarova swam the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in a time of 1:07.86 to help win the gold medal and achieve a Championships record time of 4:01.83.

(5 July 2019)
"LEN European Junior Championships Swimming: Results 4 x 100 m Medley - Women Final"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.Race, Retta (5 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Championships Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. The fifth and final day of competition, Makarova won a silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, finishing behind Kayla van der Merwe of Great Britain and ahead of

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of Russia.Keith, Braden (7 July 2019)
"2019 European Junior Swimming Championships: Day 5 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021."European Junior Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 5, Summary"
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''. 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

2019 World Junior Championships

On the first day of competition at the

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held at

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, Makarova advanced to the final of the 50 metre breaststroke ranking seventh with a time of 31.67 seconds.Ross, Andy (20 August 2019)
"2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships: Vazquez Ruiz, US Men Break World Junior Records on Night One"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. In the final of the event the next day, she placed fifth in 31.34 seconds.

(21 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Later in the same finals session, Makarova won a silver medal as part of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in a time of 1:07.30 and contributing to the final relay time of 3:48.06.

(21 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. In the 100 metre breaststroke final two days later, Makarova finished fourth with a time of 1:07.10, just four-hundredths of a second behind the bronze medalist in the event

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(23 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Her time of 1:07.10, ranked Makarova as the number five female performer 18 years of age or younger for the 2019 year in the 100 metre breaststroke, seven spots higher than

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of the

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."World 100: 2019"
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''. 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2021. The final day of competition, Makarova swam the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims heats, helping the relay achieve a rank of second with a time of 4:04.57 heading into the final.

(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. In the final, Makarova was substituted out and won a silver medal when the finals relay finished second with a time of 4:00.30.

(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 4 x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. For her final individual event, Makarova won a silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke, swimming a 2:24.39 to finish less than four-tenths of a second after the gold medalist in the event Evgeniia Chikunova.

(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.Lepesant, Anne (25 August 2019)
"2019 World Junior Championships: Day 6 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

2021

2021 Swimming World Cup: Kazan

At the fourth stop of the

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, held in Kazan, Makarova started competition on the first day, 28 October, in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time 2:29.16 that qualified her to the final ranked seventh overall.

(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Later in the day in the final of the 200 metre breaststroke, she placed seventh in 2:27.95.

(28 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. The second day of competition, Makarova advanced to the final of the 100 metre breaststroke ranked fifth with a time of 1:07.13.

(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. She followed up her morning performance with a time of 1:06.40 and sixth-place finish in the final.

(29 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021. On the third and final day of the stop, Makarova swam a 31.31 in the prelims heats of the 50 metre breaststroke and did not advance to the final.

(30 October 2021)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Kazan (RUS): Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

2022

At the 2022

Invitational in early February 2022, Makarova won the 100 yard breaststroke and 200 yard breaststroke with personal best times of 1:00.24 and 2:11.74, respectively.De George, Matthew (19 February 2022)
"Auburn Men, Florida State Women Earn NCAA A Cuts at Auburn Invitational"
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''. Retrieved 19 February 2022."Auburn University Invite - 2/4/2022 to 2/5/2022: Results"
''

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''. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022. Her 200 yard breaststroke time and her time of 59.98 seconds in a 100 yard breaststroke time trial were in the top ten fastest times ever swam in the events in the history of the Auburn University swim program.

2022 Southeastern Conference Championships

For the 2022

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Championships in mid-February, Makarova entered to compete in the 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard breaststroke, and 200 yard breaststroke individual events representing her collegiate team, the

(7 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships: Psych Sheet"
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''. Retrieved 9 February 2022. In her first event of the Championships, the 4×50 yard medley relay on day one, Makarova helped achieve a fourth-place finish for the Auburn Tigers relay team with a split of 26.87 on the breaststroke leg of the relay.De George, Matthew (15 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Alabama Women, Florida Men Set Relay Marks"
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''. Retrieved 15 February 2022. On day three, Makarova swam the 100 yard butterfly in competition through the

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for the first time, placing 51st with a time of 55.66 seconds.Hy-Tek (17 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships: Meet Results"
''sidearmstats.com''. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Day four, she competed in the prelims heats of the 100 yard breaststroke and did not swim fast enough to qualify for the fastest final.Hamann, Michael (18 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships: Day 4 Prelim Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 18 February 2022. Her time of 1:00.25 did qualify her for the b-final later in the day, where she ranked 15th across all prelims heats heading into the three finals heats.Hy-Tek (18 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships: Meet Program - Friday Finals"
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''. Retrieved 18 February 2022. She won the b-final with a personal best time of 59.36 seconds. During the same finals session, she helped achieve an eighth-place finish in the 4×100 yard medley relay in 3:33.71 with a split of 1:00.06 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.De George, Matthew (18 February 2022)
"2022 SEC Championships, Day 4 Finals: Riley Gaines Nips Into 200 Fly win"
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''. Retrieved 18 February 2022. On the final day of competition, Makarova placed 30th in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:15.73.

First ban for her nationality

Two weeks later, on 3 March, Makarova and all other Russians and Belarusians were banned from

European competitions indefinitely, denying her the opportunity of making her senior international debut at the

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."LEN agrees not to invite Russian and Belarusian teams and supports Ukrainian athletes"
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''. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

2022 NCAA Championships

On 16 March 2022, Makarova split a 27.40 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay at the 2022 NCAA Championships to help achieve a 23rd-place finish in 1:37.16.D'Addona, Dan (16 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Women's Division I Championships: Virginia Claims 200 Medley Relay in Meet Record"
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''. Retrieved 16 March 2022. Day three of competition, she tied for 20th-place in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 59.48 seconds and helped achieve an 18th-place finish in the 4×100 yard medley relay in 3:31.42, splitting a 59.69 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.Hy-Tek (19 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA DI Women's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved 19 March 2022. In the morning on the fourth and final day, she placed 52nd in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:18.98.

Second ban for her nationality

On 21 April 2022,

echoed the actions of LEN the month before, banning all Russians and Belarusians from their competitions, only with the communicated end date at the time of ban implementation the end of the 2022 calendar year, 31 December 2022.Koos, Torin (21 April 2022)
"PRESS RELEASE , FINA Bureau meets, acknowledges decision to suspend Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov"
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''. Retrieved 31 October 2022. With the enactment, and lasting the duration, of the ban, FINA also stopped counting times swum by Russians towards world records and world rankings.Keith, Braden (23 April 2022)
"Russia Confirms that Suspended Rylov Will Be Allowed at Russian Championships"
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''. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

2022–2023: Second collegiate season

At the 2022

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Invitational in November in

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, United States, Makarova swam a personal best time of 2:03.75 in the 200 yard individual medley on the first day, placing twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.Hy-Tek (17 November 2022)
"UGA Fall Invitational 2022: Results"
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''. Retrieved 29 December 2022. The following day, she swam the fastest time in the history of the Auburn University swim program by a female swimmer in the 100 yard breaststroke with a personal best time of 58.91 seconds, placing second amongst the female competitors from all schools competing.Hy-Tek (18 November 2022)
"UGA Fall Invitational 2022: Friday Complete Results"
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''. Retrieved 29 December 2022."School records fall for Auburn Swim and Dive on day 2 of UGA Invitational"
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''. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023. On the third of three days, she finished in a personal best time of 2:09.35 in the final of the 200 yard breaststroke, tying for fifth-place.Hy-Tek (19 November 2022)
"UGA Fall Invitational 2022: Saturday Complete Results"
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''. Retrieved 29 December 2022."Auburn Women take the crown, Men finish strong for Swim and Dive at UGA Invite"
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''. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2023. The points earned for her team from her placings in her individual events contributed to an overall win for the women's team.

2023 Southeastern Conference Championships

For her first event of her second Southeastern Conference Championships, held in February 2023, Makarova helped achieve a fourth-place finish in the 4×50 yard medley relay in 1:36.02, splitting a 26.87 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.De George, Matthew (14 February 2023)
"SEC Championships, Night 1: Tennessee Men Set SEC Record; Maggie MacNeil Splits Best-Ever 22.52"
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''. Retrieved 14 February 2023."Record, relays highlight day one of SEC Championships"
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''. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023. The second day, she placed forty-sixth in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 23.35 seconds.Hy-Tek (14 February 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships"
''sidearmstats.com''. Retrieved 15 February 2023. On the fourth of five days, she placed fifth in the final of the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 59.30 seconds."Podium finishes help Tigers surge up the leaderboard on day four of SEC Championships"
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''. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023. Later in the session, she split a 1:00.27 for the breaststroke leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay, helping place tenth in 3:33.65. Day five of five, she won the c-final of the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:11.40."Men grab second, Women seventh to close out SEC Swim and Dive Championships"
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''. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.

2023 NCAA Championships

Opening her competition at the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships on day one, Makarova contributed a breaststroke split of 27.49 to a nineteenth-place time of 1:37.00 in the 4×50 yard medley relay.Hy-Tek (15 March 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 NCAA DI Women's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved 15 March 2023."All-American relay effort kickstarts No. 15 Women at NCAA Championships"
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''. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023. In the 100 yard breaststroke on day three, she finished in a time of 59.86 seconds in the preliminaries and placed twenty-ninth overall."Lee, 400 medley relay earn All-American honors on day 3 of NCAA Championships"
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''. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023. For the 4×100 yard medley relay the same day, she helped place fourteenth in a seventh-rank Auburn Tigers swim program time of 3:31.34. She followed up with an overall ranking of fifty-fourth in the 200 yard breaststroke the following, and final, day, finishing in a time of 2:14.90."Preble's All-American 1650 ends solid performance at NCAAs for No. 15 Women0km"
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''. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.

International championships

: Makarova swam only in the prelims heats.

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Legend: h – prelims heat

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makarova, Anastasia 2003 births Living people Russian female breaststroke swimmers Russian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia