Anastasiia Bagiian
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| Full name | Anastasiia Nikolayevna Bagiian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 2001 Perm, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visually impaired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anastasiia Nikolayevna Bagiian (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Багиян; born 19 October 2001) is a Russian visually impaired para cross-country skier. She represented Russia at the 2026 Winter Paralympics and won three gold medals.
Bagiian was born on 19 October 2001 in Perm.[1] Blind since 15, she trained at a sports-adaptive school from 17 and began cross-country skiing in 2018.[2][3] She studies at the Chaikovsky State Institute of Physical Culture and trains at KCFK Perm under coach Arkady Turbin;[1] her guide is Sergey Sinyakin.[3]
Career
Bagiian joined the Perm Krai team in 2019 and the Russian Paralympic team in 2021.[2][3] At the 2022 World Championships, she took bronze in the 1 km sprint, and placed 4th and 6th in other races.[4] Suspended from the 2022 Paralympics due to RPC ban (lifted end 2025), she won the Russian Cup in 2023 and the 5 km free at the 2025 Russian Championship.[3] Overall, she has three Russian titles and five Russian Cup wins, plus two medals at the "We are together. Sport" Games.[2]
In January 2026, Bagiian won a World Cup mass-start stage in Finsterau. At the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan, she won a gold medal in the visually impaired classic sprint with a time of 3:16.1, guided by Sinyakin, Russia's second gold of the Games. She is also entered in the 10 km and 20 km events.[3][4] On March 11, 2026, she won her second Paralympic gold medal by winning the 10 km race with a time of 29 minutes 39.7 seconds.[5] Four days later, she won her third gold medal in the 20 km race, finishing in 43 minutes 59.1 seconds.[6]