Anastasiya Olegovna Miroshnichenko (russian: Анастасия Олеговна Мирошниченко, born 30 March 2004) is an Uzbek
artistic gymnast
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. She represented Uzbekistan at the
inaugural junior World Championships.
Early life
Miroshnichenko was born in
Fergana
Fergana ( uz, Fargʻona/Фарғона, ), or Ferghana, is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 420 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km west of Andijan, and less than 20 km fr ...
, Uzbekistan. She began training in gymnastics in 2008 and joined the national team of Uzbekistan in 2013.
Gymnastics career
Junior
2017
Miroshnichenko made her international debut at the Republican Open Competitions in
Minsk
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where she placed first in the all-around, on vault, and on floor exercise and won bronze on the uneven bars. She next competed at the junior
Asian Gymnastics Championships
The Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) organizes Asian Gymnastics Championships for each of the FIG gymnastic disciplines: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics. T ...
. She placed 10th in the all-around, fifth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and seventh on vault. She next competed at the
2017 Voronin Cup where she won bronze in the all-around behind Russians
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 ...
and
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 ...
. Additionally she placed fourth on vault and uneven bars, sixth on floor exercise, and seventh on balance beam.
2018–19
Miroshnichenko began the 2018 season competing at the President's Cup in
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...
. She won gold in the all-around, vault, and balance beam, won silver on the uneven bars, and placed fifth on floor exercise. She next competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships where she placed seventh in the all-around and fourth on vault and uneven bars.
In June 2019 Miroshnichenko competed at the
inaugural Junior World Championships alongside
Dildora Aripova and
Anna Silnova. Miroshnichenko finished 33rd in the all-around and was the highest placing Uzbek gymnast. She placed 15th on vault during qualification but did not advance to the event final.
Senior
2021
Miroshnichenko turned senior in 2020; however the mass majority of competitions were either canceled or postponed due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic
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. She made her senior international debut at the
Varna Challenge Cup where she finished fourth on vault behind
Coline Devillard
Coline Devillard (born 9 October 2000) is a French artistic gymnast. Devillard is the 2022 World bronze medalist, the 2017 and 2023 European champion, and the 2019 European silver medalist on vault. She was the first French female gymnast to w ...
,
Uliana Perebinosova
Uliana Sergeyevna Perebinosova (russian: Улья́на Серге́евна Перебино́сова; born 4 May 2001) is a Russian artistic gymnast and the 2020 Russian National Champion. She was part of the team that won gold in the team co ...
, and compatriot
Oksana Chusovitina
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany.
Chusovitina's career a ...
. In October Miroshnichenko competed at the
South Central Asian Championships alongside
Dildora Aripova,
Giunaz Jumabekova, and
Ominakhon Khalilova. They finished first as a team and individually Miroshnichenko won the all-around title. She also qualified to three event finals. During event finals Miroshnichenko won gold on vault and floor exercise and won silver on uneven bars behind Aripova.
2022
In January Miroshnichenko injured her
cervical vertebrae
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while training. She was out for the remainder of the season to focus on recovery and rehabilitation. In May she was awarded Master of Sports of International Class.
Competitive history
References
External links
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2004 births
Living people
Uzbekistani female artistic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Fergana
21st-century Uzbekistani women