Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova (Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Ильянкова, IPA: [ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə ɪlʲɪ̯ɪnˈkovə], born 12 January 2001) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 European champion on the uneven bars.

Anastasia Ilyankova Анастасия Ильянкова
Ilyankova in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova
Alternative name(s)	Anastasiia Iliankova
Nickname(s)	Nastya
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 21)
Hometown	Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Residence	Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Russia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2014–present (RUS)
Head coach(es)	S.V. Kiselev, N.V. Kiseleva
Medal record Representing  ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Uneven Bars Representing  Russia European Championships 2019 Szczecin Uneven Bars FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd Apparatus World Cup 0 1 1 World Challenge Cup 1 1 0 Total 1 2 1

Junior career

Ilyankova competed at the 2014 L'International Gymnix, where Russia won the team gold medal. She won two gold medals in uneven bars and balance beam at the 2016 European Junior Championships.[1]

Senior career

2017

Ilyankova was injured at the beginning of the 2017 season, competing only on Bars at the Russian Championships and missing a spot on the Jesolo and European Championships team. Instead, she made her debut at the Osijek World Cup, competing only on Uneven Bars and Balance Beam, winning gold and silver respectively. She later competed at the Russian Cup, winning the Bars title. Her victory in Uneven Bars earned her a place on the provisional Russian 2017 World Championships team to Montreal, Canada.^{[citation needed]}

Ilyankova was prepared for the competition, and traveled to Montréal with the team for the World Championships. She qualified to the uneven bars final with a score of 15.066, less that a tenth of a point behind Elena Eremina and beating teammate Angelina Melnikova for the second spot. In the final, her foot hit the bar on her Shang release, incurring a 3-tenth deduction, leading her to take fourth place behind Nina Derwael of Belgium, Eremina, and Fan Yilin of China.^{[citation needed]}

2018

In April, Ilyankova competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo trophy event in Italy. She earned a gold medal with the Russian team, a bronze in the all-around behind USA's Ragan Smith and Emma Malabuyo, and gold on the uneven bars, ahead of Smith and teammate Angelina Melnikova. She also finished eighth on balance beam.^{[citation needed]}

2019

Ilyankova competed at the 2019 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she placed first on uneven bars. As a result she was chosen to compete at the 2019 European Championships alongside Angelina Simakova, Angelina Melnikova, and Maria Paseka.[2] A week later she competed at the Baku World Cup. She qualified in first place to the uneven bars final.[3] In the finals she finished in second place behind Lyu Jiaqi of China. At the Doha World Cup she qualified to the uneven bars final in third place behind Nina Derwael of Belgium and Fan Yilin of China.[4] In the uneven bars finals, she once again placed third behind Derwael and Fan.^{[citation needed]}

At the European Championships Ilyankova qualified to the uneven bars final in fourth place. During event finals, she performed a clean routine and placed first ahead of Melnikova and Alice D'Amato of Italy, becoming a European Champion on the event.[5]

In June Ilyankova was named as Aliya Mustafina's replacement for the European Games; she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova and Aleksandra Shchekoldina.[6] During qualifications she finished third on uneven bars behind Becky Downie of Great Britain and Nina Derwael of Belgium, qualifying to the event final. She later had to withdraw from the event final due to an allergic reaction.[7]

In August Ilyankova competed at the Russian Cup where she finished fourth on the uneven bars behind Daria Spiridonova, Vladislava Urazova, and Melnikova.[8] In November she competed at the Cottbus World Cup where she placed sixth on the uneven bars.^{[citation needed]}

2020

Ilyankova competed at the Baku World Cup; during qualifications she finished second on uneven bars behind Fan Yilin and qualified to the event finals.[9] However event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.[10]

2021

Ilyankova competed at the Russian National Championships where she finished seventh on uneven bars after falling off the apparatus.[11] She next competed at the Russian Cup in June where she finished third on uneven bars behind Vladislava Urazova and Angelina Melnikova.[12] Ilyankova was selected to represent the Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual athlete.[13] At the Olympic Games she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind two-time World champion Nina Derwael.[14]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2013	Russian Hopes (1st Class)
2014	L'International Gymnix
	Russian Hopes (CMS)
	Voronin Cup
2015	L'International Gymnix
	Student Spartakiada
	Euro Youth Olympic Festival					8
	Junior Japan International		8
2016	L'International Gymnix		4			8	5
	National Championships (MS)	5				7
	European Championships		10
	Elite Gym Massilia (Master)
Senior
2017	National Championships				4
	Osijek World Cup
	Russian Cup					4
	World Championships				4
2018	City of Jesolo Trophy					8
	National Championships		6		7	7
	Russian Cup				5
2019	National Championships
	Baku World Cup
	Doha World Cup
	European Championships
	European Games				WD
	Russian Cup				4
	Cottbus World Cup				6
2020	Melbourne World Cup				6
	Baku World Cup				[lower-alpha 1]
	National Championships	5
2021	National Championships	6			7
	Russian Cup
	Olympic Games
2022	Spartakiade				5

International Scores

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2017	World Championships	Montreal	Uneven Bars	4	14.900	2	15.066
2019	European Championships	Szczecin			14.833	4	14.133
	European Games	Minsk		WD	WD	3	14.300
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo			14.833	3	14.966

References

External links

• Anastasiia ILIANKOVA at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Anastasia Ilyankova at sportgymrus.ru (in Russian)
• Anastasia Ilyankova on Instagram

На других языках

[it] Anastasija Il'jankova

[ru] Ильянкова, Анастасия Андреевна