Bliznyuk, Anastasia Ilyinichna

In the group all-around at the Olympic Games in London, the victory was won by the Russian team, which included Anastasia Bliznyuk. Ulyana Donskova , Ksenia Dudkina , Alina Makarenko , Anastasia Nazarenko and Karolina Sevastyanova also became champions.

After the Olympics, she continued her performances, becoming the three-time Universiade champion in Kazan, and also winning the “gold” for an exercise with three balls and two ribbons at the World Championships in Kiev in 2013. In the all-around at the same championship, the Russian group, in addition to Bliznyuk made by Ksenia Dudkina , Olga Ilyina , Anastasia Maksimova , Anastasia Nazarenko and Elena Romanchenko , became a bronze medalist, losing to the national teams of Belarus and Italy, in connection with which head coach Irina Aleksandrovna Wiener was a decision was made to recruit a new team. Nevertheless, Blizniuk was still on the national team and for a short time tried herself as a coach of the Brazil team ^{[1] [2]} ; In 2015, she trained the second part of the Russian national team in group exercises ^[3] .

In 2015, she started training already as an active gymnast with the goal of returning to the main team ^[4] . The first international start after a break in the competition was participation at the Grand Prix stage in Moscow, held in February 2016 ^[5] . In June, at the European Championships in Holon, the Russian group (Anastasia Bliznyuk, Anastasia Maksimova, Ksenia Polyakova , Anastasia Tatareva , Maria Tolkacheva ) took first place in the all-around, but unsuccessfully performed in the finals, becoming fifth in the exercise with ribbons and eighth with maces / hoops .

At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in addition to Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova , Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasia Tatareva and Maria Tolkacheva were included in the Russian group. Having passed the qualification round with the second result (35.516 points), in the final all-around took first place, gaining 36.233 points. Anastasia Bliznyuk became a two-time Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics in group exercises.

At the 2017 World Championships in Pesaro, the Russian group in an updated composition (Anastasia Bliznyuk, Maria Kravtsova, Evgenia Levanova, Ksenia Polyakova, Anastasia Tatareva, Maria Tolkacheva) won two gold medals (all-around and three-ball / two-rope exercise) and one silver ( exercise with five hoops).

• Order of Honor (August 25, 2016) - for high sports achievements at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad 2016 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the will to win and determination ^[6] .
• Order of Friendship (August 13, 2012) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the Games of the XXX Olympic Games 2012 in London (United Kingdom) ^[7] .
• Honored Master of Sports of Russia (August 20, 2012) ^[8] .
• The certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation (July 19, 2013) - for high sports achievements at the XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in the city of Kazan ^[9] .

• Profile on FIG
• Official London 2012 website profile
• Gymnast Anastasia Bliznyuk as part of the Russian national team performed at the European Championship
• Anastasia Bliznyuk, Ulyana Donskova, Ksenia Dudkina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, Karolina Sevastyanova will take part in team competitions
• Anastasia Bliznyuk goes to the Olympic Games
• Anastasia Bliznyuk won two gold medals at the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
• Penza gymnast in the Russian national team won 2 gold of the European Championship (inaccessible link)
• Rhythmic gymnastics. World Cup for Russians