Anastasia Shishmakova (russian: Анастасия Шишмакова; born ) is a Russian group

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

. She is a two-time (2018, 2019)

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Group all-around champion and the 2018 European Group all-around champion.

Career

Anastasia took up rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 5 in her home town

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. She joined

n National team in 2017 and won gold in Group All-around competition at Grand Prix Moscow in February. In September, Shishmakova and the Russian group won the Group All-Around title at the

2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 September to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier to the 2020 Olympic Games. There were Olymp ...

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* 2000 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships European Games bronze medalists for Russia {{Russia-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub