Anastasia Grishina

Anastasia Nikolayevna Grishina (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Гришина) (born 16 January 1996) is a former Russian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the silver medal winning Russian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2013 European all around bronze medalist.

Anastasia Grishina
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Nikolayevna Grishina
Nickname(s)Nastia
Country represented Russia
Born (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996
Moscow, Russia
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height146 cm (4 ft 9 in)
Weight37 kg (82 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
ClubCSKA Moscow
Gym"Lake Krugloe"
Head coach(es)Viktor Razumovsky and Irina Razumovskaya[1]
Former coach(es)Sergey Borisovich Zelikson
ChoreographerOlga Burova
RetiredJanuary 19, 2016
World rankingBeam 5 (2013), Floor 10 (2013)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
European Championships 0 2 2
Total 0 3 2
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
European Championships
2012 BrusselsTeam
2012 BrusselsUneven Bars
2013 MoscowAll-Around
2013 MoscowBalance Beam

Junior career

2010

In April, Grishina competed at the European Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She placed second in the all around competition with a score of 56.950. In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.375 and first on floor scoring 14.275.[2]

Grishina did not compete for the rest of the year because she was resting a sore back. At the end of the year she told International Gymnast Magazine, "The best moments in 2010 were that I performed well at the European Championships, and I finished the first term at school with 13 5s (As) and three 4s (Bs). This year I'm finishing my ninth grade exams, and it would be good to pass the exams. And in gymnastics, I want to go to the European Youth Olympic Festival in Turkey and do well. Right now I have everything in order (with my health) and if all goes well, then I will compete at the Russian Championships."

2011

In March, Grishina competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She placed fifth in the all around competition with a score of 57.050.[3]

In April, Grishina competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She won the all around competition with a two-day combined score of 117.775.[4]

In May, Grishina competed at the Zakharova Cup in Kiev, Ukraine. She won the all around competition with a score of 59.950.[5]

In July, Grishina was meant to compete at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Trabzon, Turkey but she injured her hamstring.[6]

Senior career

2012
"Grishina is a great young talent coming up. She's a very interesting gymnast, very beautiful. She's light, she's flexible, she can do good difficulty. It just so happens she's missed a lot of competition lately. But I have high hopes for Grishina and I'm looking forward to seeing how she performs on the podium."

—Alexander Alexandrov, 2012 [7]

In January, Grishina competed at the Gymnastics Olympic Test Event as part of the London Prepares series in London, United Kingdom. She placed tenth in the all around competition with a score of 55.091.[8] In event finals, she placed seventh on vault scoring 12.633 and first on uneven bars scoring 15.033.[9]

In March, Grishina competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She placed third in the all around competition with a score of 57.699.[10] In event finals, she placed second on vault scoring 14.340, third on uneven bars scoring 14.240, second on balance beam scoring 14.480, and first on floor scoring 14.640.[11][12]

At the end of March, Grishina competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, She placed fifth in the all around competition with a score of 57.850.[13]

In May, Grishina competed at the European Championships in Brussels, Belgium. She contributed an all around score of 58.898 toward the Russian team's second-place finish. In event finals, she placed fifth on vault scoring 14.266, second on uneven bars scoring 15.200, and fourth on balance beam scoring 14.066.[14] Grishina said, "The results were quite normal on the day of qualifications. I made a mistake on floor and took second place in the all-around, but unfortunately I didn’t advance to the final on floor. But in the team final I didn’t fall anywhere, and I was first all-around. This says that making a mistake is not allowable. As for the mood of the team, we're sorry that it was a little insufficient to reach first place in Brussels. So we need to polish our programs for victory in London. To win with the team, we will have to increase our difficulty on vault. My vault in Brussels wasn’t competitive because of its low start value. I would like to make my vault more difficult, and increase my difficulty on bars a little. I want to polish my choreography on floor, so my turns will be more stable. I would like to tell my fans to cheer for me in London and I will really, really try to please them with my performances."[15]

In June, Grishina competed at the Russian Cup in Penza, Russia. She placed second on uneven bars with a score of 15.450.[16]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Grishina competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. In qualifications, she placed twelfth all around with a score of 57.332 but did not advance to the all around final due to the two per country rule.[17] In the team final, she contributed scores of 14.700 on uneven bars and 12.466 on floor (completely missing the second tumble of her routine) towards the Russian team's second-place finish.[18]

2013

In January, Grishina began training with coaches Viktor Razumovsky and Irina Razumovskaya.[19]

In March, Grishina competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She placed second in the all around with a score of 57.400.[20] Grishina contributed an all around score of 55.650 toward the Moscow team's second-place finish[21] and she placed first in the uneven bars final scoring 15.100.[22]

Later in March, Grishina competed at the 37th Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, Germany. In qualifications, she placed first on the uneven bars scoring of 14.900[23] and first on balance beam scoring 14.050.[24] In the finals, Grishina placed first on uneven bars scoring 14.375[25] and first on balance beam scoring 14.600.[26]

In April, Grishina competed at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia. In qualifications, she placed third in the all around with a score of 56.065. Grishina placed third in the all around final with a score of 57.932. In event finals, she placed third on balance beam scoring 14.366 and fourth on floor scoring 14.233.[27]

In June, Grishina competed at the Anadia World Challenge Cup in Anadia, Portugal. In qualifications, she placed seventh on uneven bars with a score of 13.375, nineteenth on balance beam with a score of 12.350 and ninth on floor exercise with a score of 13.175.[28] In the uneven bars final, Grishina placed first with a score of 14.750.[29] A back injury sustained during the 2013 Russian Cup in August prevented her from competing at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.[30]

2014

Grishina competed at the 2014 Russian Championships in Penza in April. She placed third in the senior all-around with a total score of 56.467 on 3 April.[31] In the team final, Grishina contributed scores of 14.600 on balance beam and 3.200 on floor exercise towards the Moscow region's second-place finish.[32] She sustained a knee injury on floor exercise and had to be carried off the podium.[32]

2015–16: Hiatus and subsequent retirement

On January 19, 2016, national team co-ordinator Valentina Rodionenko confirmed that Grishina had retired from artistic gymnastics training with immediate effect.[33] The announcement came just three days after her twentieth birthday.

Personal life

As of 2019, she is married, has a child, and is studying journalism at a university in Moscow.[34]

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2010City of Jesolo Trophy (Junior)1st1st
European Championships (Junior)1st2nd1st1st
2011City of Jesolo Trophy (Junior)2nd1st3rd
National Championships (Junior) (MS)1st2nd1st2nd2nd
2012Olympic Test7th1st
National Championships1st3rd2nd3rd2nd1st
City of Jesolo Trophy3rd5th
Switzerland vs. Great Britain vs. Russia1st2nd
European Championships2nd5th2nd4th
Olympic Games2nd
2013National Championships2nd2nd1st
Cottbus World Cup1st1st
European Championships3rd3rd4th
Anadia World Cup1st
2014National Championships2nd3rdWDWD
2015Moscow Championships2nd2nd
Year Competition description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2012 European Championships Brussels Team 2 175.536 2 172.562
Vault 5 14.266 5 14.266
Uneven bars 2 15.200 2 15.333
Balance beam 4 14.066 6 14.833
Floor exercise 28 13.133
Olympic Games London Team 2 178.530 2 180.429
All-around 12 57.332
Uneven bars 28 14.033
Balance beam 9 14.900
Floor exercise 21 14.066
2013 European Championships Moscow All-Around 3 57.932 3 56.065
Uneven bars 14 13.566
Balance beam 3 14.366 11 13.400
Floor exercise 4 14.233 4 14.266

See also

References
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