Anastasiya Serdyukova

Anastasiya Serdyukova
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Nastya
Country represented	Uzbekistan
Born	(1997-05-29) May 29, 1997 Tashkent
Residence	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Years on national team	2008
Club	Ruvshsm
Head coach(es)	Sevara Karimova
Choreographer	Ildor Kolesyanov
World ranking	19 (2016 Season)-(As of 1 July 2016)[1] 18 (2015 Season) [2] 57 (2013 Season)[3]
Medal record Representing  Uzbekistan Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team 2014 Incheon All-around Grand Prix Final 2015 Brno Ribbon 2015 Brno Clubs 2015 Brno Ball 2015 Brno Hoop Asian Championships 2015 Jecheon Team 2015 Jecheon Hoop 2015 Jecheon Ribbon

Anastasiya Serdyukova (Russian: Анастасия Сердюкова; born 29 May 1997 in Tashkent) is an Uzbekistani individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the all-around bronze medalist at the 2014 Asian Games.

Personal life

Serdyukova's favorite athletes and gymnastic idols are Alina Kabaeva and Uzbek Ulyana Trofimova.

Career

Serdyukova started training gymnastics in 2000 through the encouragement of her sister in her hometown in Tashkent, she appeared in international junior competitions in 2009. She competed in the Junior World Cup series. She won silver in the junior all-around at the 2011 Tashkent World Cup.^[4] She began competing in the senior division in 2013.

Serdyukova competed at the 2013 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine and finished 53rd in all-around qualifications. In 2014, she competed at the 2014 World Cup series in Stuttgart, Germany finishing 19th in all-around. From September 22 to 28, Serdyukova, (along with teammates Elizaveta Nazarenkova and Djamila Rakhmatova), competed at the 2014 World Championships, where Team Uzbekistan took 8th place. She then competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea where Team Uzbekistan won gold and she took the bronze medal in the individual all-around finals beating compatriot Djamila Rakhmatova.^[5]

In 2015 season, Serdyukova competed at the 2015 Baltic Hoop finishing 4th in all-around and won bronze in ball finals. Her next competition was in the Senior International tournament at the 2015 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the all-around bronze. Serdyukova competed at the 2015 Bucharest World Cup finishing 15th in all-around. In April 10–12, Hayakawa finished 12th in the all-around at the 2015 Pesaro World Cup. In May 22–24, Serdyukova competed at the 2015 Tashkent World Cup finishing 9th in the all-around with a total of 68.400 points. She qualified to 3 apparatus finals: she won bronze in clubs. Serdyukova finished 4th in all-around at the 2015 Asian Championships behind Japanese gymnast Sakura Hayakawa, in apparatus finals, she won silver in hoop, ribbon, placed 4th in ball and 6th in clubs. In August, Serdyukova finished 17th in all-around at the 2015 Budapest World Cup. At the 2015 World Cup Final in Kazan, Serdyukova finished 19th in the all-around. In September 9–13, Serdyukova (together with teammates Elizaveta Nazarenkova and Anora Davlyatova) competed at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart where Team Uzbekistan finished 8th. Serdyukova finished 28th in all-around qualifications and did not advanced into the Top 24 all-around finals.^[6] In October 16–18, Serdyukova competed at the 2015 Grand Prix Final in Brno, where she finished 4th in the all-around with a total of 68.250 points. She qualified to all apparatus finals taking bronze in hoop, ball and in the last two apparatus, due to Margarita Mamun's withdrawal in the last 2 events, Serdyukova won gold in ribbon and silver in clubs behind Linoy Ashram.^[7]

In 2016, Serdyukova began her season competing at the 2016 Grand Prix Moscow finishing 10th in the all-around and qualified to ball finals.^[8] In Feb 26-28, she competed at the 2016 Espoo World Cup finishing 8th in the all-around with a total of 69.900 points. At the 30th Thiais Grand Prix event in Paris, she finished 12th in the all-around with a total of 69.700.^[9] On April 1–3, Serdyukova competed at the 2016 Pesaro World Cup where she finished 26th in the all-around. On April 21–22, Serdyukova won an Olympics license by finishing fifth amongst a top 8 selection of highest score for non qualified gymnasts at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event held in Rio de Janeiro.^[10] On May 13–15, Serdyukova competed at the 2016 Tashkent World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around. On May 13–15, Serdyukova competed at the 2016 Tashkent World Cup finishing 6th in the all-around with a total of 70.100 points, she qualified to 3 apparatus finals: winning 2 bronze in ribbon, ball (tied with Linoy Ashram) and 5th in hoop. On July 8-10, Serdyukova then finished 15th in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup.

On August 19-20, Serdyukova competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She finished 17th in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications and did not advanced into the top 10 finals.

Achievements

• First Uzbek gymnast to win a gold medal at the Grand Prix Final.

Routine music information

References

External links

• Anastasiya Serdyukova at the International Federation of Gymnastics
• Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
• Anastasiya Serdyukova on Instagram