BLIZNYUK Anastasia

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 28 Jun 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.77/5'9''

Place of birth: ZAPOROZHYE

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rhythmic Gymnastics	Group All-Around ROC ROC	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Group All-Around Qualification - Rotation 1	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Group All-Around Qualification - Rotation 2	Finished
	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Group All-Around Final - Rotation 1	Finished
Followed By	Ariake Gymnastics Centre	Group All-Around Final - Rotation 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Group AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1
2012	London, GBR	1

World Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5C	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ri	Gr-3B/2Ro
2017	Pesaro, ITA	1	-	2	-	1
2013	Kyiv, UKR	3	5	-	1	-

European Championships

Year	Location	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3H/2C	Team AA
2021	Varna, BUL	1	2	-	-	5	1
2018	Guadalajara, ESP	1	-	3	7	-	-

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	Group AA	Gr-5B	Gr-5H	Gr-3B/2Ro	Gr-3H/2C
2021	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd	-	-	1 x 2nd
2018	1 x 4th	-	1 x 6th	1 x 5th	-
2017	1 x 1st	-	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd	-

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Group All-Around	Pesaro, ITA	88.700
1	2017	Group All-Around	Tashkent, UZB	36.250
1	2017	Group - 5x Hoop	Tashkent, UZB	18.800
2	2021	Group - 5x Ball	Pesaro, ITA	45.350
2	2021	Group - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs	Pesaro, ITA	43.200
2	2017	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Pesaro, ITA	18.100
3	2017	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Tashkent, UZB	17.100
4	2018	Group All-Around	Sofia, BUL	38.300
5	2018	Group - 3x Ball + 2x Rope	Sofia, BUL	16.850
5	2017	Group All-Around	Pesaro, ITA	34.150

Legend
Indv. - Individual, Gr - Group, AA - All-Around, B - Ball, H - Hoop, C - Clubs, Ri - Ribbon, Ro - Rope, 5B - 5x Ball, 3H/2C - 3x Hoop + 2x Clubs, 3H/4C - 3x Hoop + 4x Clubs

Nastya (championat.com, 21 Aug 2016)

Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health, St. Petersburg, RUS

Languages spoken:

English, Russian

Irina Viner-Usmanova [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her father Ilya Bliznyuk was a football goalkeeper and played for the Ukrainian national team. (gazeta.ru, 09 Sep 2014)

National team:

2009 (infosport.ru, 19 Jul 2013)

She began the sport at Burtasy Sports School in Penza, Russian Federation. (arhi21-wordpress.tw1.ru, 2016)

For her achievements at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, she received the Order of Friendship and the Order of Honour from the president of Russian Federation. (infosport.ru, 19 Jul 2013; kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016)

She holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 26 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
HIATUS
After the 2013 World Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, she took a break from the sport. In 2014 she suffered an infection and spent about six weeks in recovery. After returning to health, she switched to a coaching role with a Russian reserve team. She began training again in 2015 and returned to competition at the 2016 Grand Prix event in Moscow, Russian Federation. (tass.ru, 29 Oct 2014; rsport.ru, 24 Feb 2015; vfrg.ru, 23 Feb 2016)

Social Media

VK Page: http://vk.com/anastasiya_bliznyuk_rg
VK Profile: http://vk.com/id81819217

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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