Anastasiya Nikolayevna Kolesnikova (russian: Анастаси́я Никола́евна Коле́сникова) (born 6 March 1984) is a former
Olympic
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Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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gymnast
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who competed for
Russia
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in the
2000 Olympic Games in
Sydney,
Australia, winning a silver
medal
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.
Eponymous skill
Kolesnikova has one eponymous skill listed in the
Code of Points.
Competitive history
See also
*
List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896 with Russian female gymnasts having participated in every Olympic Games since Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996. A total of 32 female artistic gymnasts have represente ...
References
External links
sports-reference.com
1984 births
Living people
Russian female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Kazan
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
21st-century Russian women
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