Anastasiya Alistratava Explained

Anastasiya Alistratava
Анастасия Алистратова
Fullname:Anastasiya Alistratava
Nickname:Nastya
Birth Date:16 October 2003
Birth Place:Grodno, Belarus
Discipline:WAG
Level:Senior Elite
Natlteam:2017–Present (BLR)
Club:Specialised Children's-Youth School of Olympic Reserve No.3
Headcoach:Olga Knysh
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Anastasiya Alistratava (Belarusian: Анастасія Алістратава) (born 16 October 2003) is a Belarusian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European Games uneven bars bronze medalist.

Early life

Alistratava was born in Grodno in 2003. Her parents started her in gymnastics when she was four years old.[1]

Junior gymnastics career

2016–17

In 2016 Alistratava made her debut at the Antonina Koshel Cup where she placed fourth amongst the junior competitors; she recorded the second highest balance beam score.[2] In 2017 she competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival alongside Dziyana Kirykovich and Aliaksandra Varabyova. As a team they finished in 17th place. Individually Alistratava finished the all-around in 30th place and did not qualify for the final.[3]

2018

In 2018 Alistratava competed at the Dityatin Cup where she finished second in the all-around behind Nelli Audi of Russia. During event finals she won gold on uneven bars, silver on balance beam behind Audi, and bronze on floor exercise behind Audi and Darya Yassinskaya of Kazakhstan.[4] She next competed at the Youth Olympic Qualifier where she placed twenty-fourth in the all-around; however Aliaksandra Varabyova would go on to represent Belarus at the 2018 Youth Olympics. Alistratava was later selected to represent Belarus at the 2018 European Championships alongside Varabyova, Ganna Metelitsa, Kseniya Pilets, and Anastasiya Savitskaya. Together they finished twelfth as a team.[5] Individually Alistratava finished fifteenth in the all-around[6] and qualified to the uneven bars final where she finished seventh.[7] Alistratava finished the season competing at the Belarusian National Championships where she finished second behind Varabyova in the all-around, first on uneven bars, second on balance beam behind Savitskaya, and fourth on floor exercise.[8]

Senior gymnastics career

2019

Alistratava turned senior in 2019. She competed at the European Championships where she placed fourth on uneven bars behind Russians Anastasia Ilyankova and Angelina Melnikova and Alice D'Amato of Italy.[9] She next competed at the European Games Test Event where she placed fifth in the all-around, first on uneven bars, and second on floor exercise behind Yelizaveta Hubareva of the Ukraine.[10] At the European Games she qualified to the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise finals and was the third reserve for the balance beam final. During the all-around final she placed twelfth. She won bronze on the uneven bars behind Melnikova and Becky Downie of Great Britain.[11] On floor exercise she finished fourth.[12] Alistratava next competed at the Paris Challenge Cup where she placed fourth on uneven bars and sixth on floor exercise.[13] Alistratava ended the season competing at the World Championships in Stuttgart. During qualifications she finished 57th in the all-around and 25th on uneven bars. Although she did not qualify for any event finals, she qualified as an individual to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[14]

2021

The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Alistratava was injured weeks before the start of the Olympic Games and had to withdraw from the competition.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAAVTUBBBFX
Junior
2016 align=left Antonina Koshel Cup 4
2017 align=left 17
2018 align=left Dityatin Cup
align=left Youth Olympic Qualifier 24
align=left 17 15 7
align=left Belarus Championships 4
Senior
2019
align=left 4
align=left European Games Test Event 5
align=left 12 4
align=left 4 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Анастасия Алистратова в 15 лет стала лидером женской сборной по спортивной гимнастике. ru. May 11, 2019. Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya.
  2. Web site: 2016 Antonia Koshel Cup Results. The Gymternet. March 9, 2016.
  3. Web site: 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival Results. The Gymternet. July 27, 2017.
  4. Web site: 2018 Diyatin Cup Results. The Gymternet. May 21, 2018.
  5. Web site: 2018 European Championships: WOMEN'S JUNIOR QC FOR AF, TF & AA. European Union of Gymnastics. August 3, 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 European Championships:WOMEN'S JUNIOR IND.L ALL-AROUND - FINAL. European Union of Gymnastics. August 3, 2018.
  7. Web site: 2018 European Championships: WOMEN'S JUNIOR UNEVEN BARS FINAL. European Union of Gymnastics. August 3, 2018.
  8. Web site: 2018 Belarusian Championships. The Gymternet. September 22, 2018.
  9. Web site: 8TH EUROPEAN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Women Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final SENIORS. European Union of Gymnastics. April 13, 2019.
  10. Web site: 2019 European Games Test Event Results. The Gymternet. April 28, 2019.
  11. Web site: 2019 European Games Results by Apparatus: Uneven Bars. Gymnastics Results. June 30, 2019.
  12. Web site: 2019 European Games Results by Apparatus: Women's Floor. Gymnastics Results. June 30, 2019.
  13. Web site: 2019 Paris Challenge Cup Results. The Gymternet. September 17, 2019.
  14. Web site: Anastasiya Alistratava secures Olympic berth at FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. October 7, 2019.