Anastasia Gennadyevna Simakova (Russian: Анастасия Геннадьевна Симакова, born 9 September 2004 in Omsk, Russia) is a Russian-born individual rhythmic gymnast who competes for Germany, where she holds citizenship.[2][3] She is the 2019 world junior rope and team all-around champion.[1]
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| Full name | Anastasia Gennadyevna Simakova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Simka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 2004 Omsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Fellbach-Schmiden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team |  (RUS) 2016–2022 (GER) 2023–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TSV Schmiden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Bundesstützpunkt Schmiden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yulia Raskina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Vera Shtelbaums, Elena Arays, Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Marina Drozd[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On the national level, she is a multiple medalist at the Russian junior nationals (among Candidates for Master of Sport in 2017, 2018 and 2019) and the 2024 German national All-around bronze medalist.
Career
editAnastasia Simakova was born in Omsk on 9 September 2004.[4] She began training in rhythmic gymnastics at age 4.
Junior
editSimakova competed in the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships where she became the World Junior Champion in Rope and Team events.[5]
Senior
editSimakova competed at the 2020 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships placing 7th in the Individual Senior all-around final. She won bronze in Ribbon final. Simakova was registered to compete in the 2021 World Cup Sofia, along with Lala Kramarenko, that took place on March 26–28, however, both were withdrawn and there was no individual Russian representation. Simakova competed in the Grand Prix in Marbella, where she placed 3rd behind Viktoriia Onopriienko in the overall. She also came in 4th place in the ribbon final, 5th in the club final and 2nd in the ball final.
In 2022 she moved to Germany, following her parents who enrolled the program of repatriation for Russian Germans.[6] She started to train in Fellbach with Yulia Raskina in November 2023. Her change of citizenship from Germany to Russia was approved in March 2023 meaning she can compete for Germany from March 2024.[3]
In 2024, she represented Germany (for the first time) at Marbella Grand Prix, where she ended on 12th place in All-around competition and eighth in the ball final. He competed in the World Cup Palaio Faliro, where he finished in 25th place in the AA. She then competed in the World Cup Baku where she finished in ninth place and eighth in the hoop final. On May 10–12, she competed at World Cup Portimao and finished on 9th place in All-around. She qualified to two apparatus finals, placing 4th in Ribbon and 8th in Ball.
She represented Germany at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where she and her teammates placed 4th in Team competition. She competed with two apparatus - Hoop and Ribbon, ending on 12th place in Qualifications with both. She won bronze medal in All-around behind teammates Margarita Kolosov and Darja Varfolomeev at the 2024 German National Championships.[7]
Routine music information
edit| Year | Apparatus | Music title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hoop | Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde/Monsters by Tommee Profitt |
| Ball | Crazy in Love by Sofia Karlberg | |
| Clubs | Boombayah by Blackpink | |
| Ribbon | WOMAN by Lady Bri | |
| 2023 | Hoop | Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde/Monsters by Tommee Profitt |
| Ball | Another Love by Tom Odell | |
| Clubs | Boombayah by Blackpink | |
| Ribbon | Adiós by Benjamin Clementine | |
| 2021 | Hoop | The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe / Fanatico Master music from Oxford / KOI by John Corigliano / Edvin Marton & Ari Zakaryan |
| Ball | Melody from Orpheus and Eurydice by The duet I | |
| Clubs (first) | The Cobra's Dance (feat. Luru) by TSVI | |
| Clubs (second) | Shake Shake by Nessi | |
| Ribbon | Anastasia by Sergey Lazarev | |
| 2020 | Hoop | The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe / Fanatico Master music from Oxford / KOI by John Corigliano / Edvin Marton & Ari Zakaryan |
| Ball | 24 Préludes op. 28 - No.7 in A Major by Frédéric Chopin | |
| Clubs (first) | Russian Dance from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky | |
| Clubs (second) | Cuba by Robert Abigail and DJ Rebel ft. The Gibson Brothers | |
| Ribbon | Anastasia by Sergey Lazarev | |
| 2019 | Rope (first) | Russian Dance from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
| Rope (second) | Smuglyanka by the Alexandrov Ensemble | |
| Ball | Rond de Jambe à Terre Roudnev, Vol. 3 by Dmitri Roudnev | |
| Clubs | Me Gusta by Adolescent’s Orquesta | |
| Ribbon |
References
edit- ^ a b "Анастасия Симакова и Дана Семиренко – победительницы первого в истории юниорского чемпионата мира". Sovetsky Sport. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "Official News from the Executive Committee – March 2023". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ a b Vivaldi, Beatrice (2023-03-04). "Approvato il cambio cittadinanza per Simakova • BlaBlaGym". BlaBlaGym (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ "Анастасия Симакова стала "международником"!". Ministry of Youth Affairs, Physical Education and Sports of the Omsk region. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ "Russian rhythmic talent reigns at first junior Worlds".
- ^ Germany, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart. "Anastasia Simakova, Sportgymnastik: Weltmeisterin in der Probephase". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mehrkampf-Gold für Margarita Kolosov" (in German). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
edit- Anastasia Simakova at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Anastasia Simakova at Gimnastika.pro (in Russian)