Anastasiya Sarantseva (born 7 December 2008) is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2023 junior Asian champion with hoop.
Career
Sarantseva competed as a junior at the 2022 Asian Championships. She competed with ball only and won a bronze in the final. The Uzbekistan team won silver in the team competition.[2]
Sarantseva competing at the 2024 Sofia World Cup
In 2023, Sarantseva was again selected for the junior Asian Championships in Manila, where she won gold with hoop.[3] In July she won bronze with the same apparatus at the Junior World Championships in Cluj-Napoca.[4] Along with Mishel Nesterova's bronze medal in ribbon, it was the first time a gymnast representing Uzbekistan had won a World Championships medal at either the junior or senior level.[5]
In 2024 she had her senior international debut at the Gymnastik International in Germany, where she won silver in the all-around behind Daniela Munits from Israel and silver in the ribbon final. She also competed in the World Cup in Sofia, where she placed 19th in the all-around, and in the World Cup Baku, where she placed 22nd. In both events, she was the second reserve for the ribbon final.[6][7]
In May, she competed at the 2024 Asian Championships, which were held in her hometown of Tashkent. She competed with ball and ribbon only and made the finals for both; in each final, she placed 5th.[8] She won gold in the team competition along with Takhmina Ikromova, Nataliya Usova, and the senior group.
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