Anastasiya Olegovna Miroshnichenko (, born 30 March 2004) is an Uzbek former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. She represented Uzbekistan at the inaugural junior World Championships.

Early life

Miroshnichenko was born in

Fergana Fergana ( uz-Latn-Cyrl, Fargʻona, Фарғона, ), () or Ferghana, also Farghana is a district-level city and the capital of Fergana Region in eastern Uzbekistan. Fergana is about 320 km east of Tashkent, about 75 km southwest of A ...

, Uzbekistan. She began training in gymnastics in 2008 and joined the national team of Uzbekistan in 2013.

Junior gymnastics career

2017

Miroshnichenko made her international debut at the Republican Open Competitions in

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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

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. She placed 10th in the all-around, fifth on uneven bars and floor exercise, and seventh on vault. She next competed at the

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where she won bronze in the all-around behind Russians

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and

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. 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

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. 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

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and

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. 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 gymnastics career

2021

Miroshnichenko turned senior in 2020; however the mass majority of competitions were either canceled or postponed due to the global

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. She made her senior international debut at the Varna Challenge Cup where she finished fourth on vault behind

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, and compatriot

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. In October Miroshnichenko competed at the South Central Asian Championships alongside

, 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

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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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miroshnichenko, Anastasiya 2004 births Living people Uzbekistani female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Fergana 21st-century Uzbekistani sportswomen