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Anastasiia Maksimovna Salos (Belarusian: Настасся Максімаўна Салас; Russian: Анастасия Максимовна Салос; born 18 February 2002) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast who represented Belarus. She is the 2020 European Championships All-around bronze medalist, as well as the 2019 World Championships Team bronze medalist and 2019 European Championships Team silver medalist.

FullnameAnastasiia Maksimovna Salos
Alternative name
Anastasia Maximovna Salos
NicknameNastya[1]
Born (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 24)
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Anastasiia Salos
Full nameAnastasiia Maksimovna Salos
Alternative name
Anastasia Maximovna Salos
NicknameNastya[1]
Born (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 24)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented
Former countries represented
 Russia
ClubDinamo
Head coach
Irina Leparskaya[1]
Assistant coach
Larisa Lukyanenko[1]
Retired19 October 2025
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 3
European Championships 0 2 3
Summer Universiade 0 0 1
FIG World Cup 1 7 10
Grand Prix Final 0 2 3
Total 1 11 20
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Representing  Belarus and  Authorised Neutral Athletes
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 BakuTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 KitakyushuTeam
Bronze medal – third place2021 KitakyushuClubs
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 VarnaTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 BakuTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 KyivAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2021 VarnaHoop
Bronze medal – third place2021 VarnaClubs
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2025 Rhine-RhurClubs
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place2020 KyivBall
Silver medal – second place2020 KyivClubs
Bronze medal – third place2020 KyivAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2020 KyivHoop
Bronze medal – third place2020 KyivRibbon
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Personal life

Career

Salos began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 4 in her hometown of Barnaul, Russia.[1] Her parents wanted to find an activity in which she could burn off her excess energy, so her mother took her to a gymnastics class.[3] In 2014 she moved to Belarus to join the national team there.

Junior

Salos started appearing in international competitions in 2016, competing at the Tart Cup where she won gold in the team event and placed second in the junior all-around.[4] In 2017 Salos competed at the Alina Cup (held with Grand Prix Moscow) where she won bronze in the junior all-around. She then competed at the International Tournament Deriugina Cup, winning the junior all-around and qualifying to all 4 apparatus finals. She also won silver in the junior all-around at the 2017 Aeon Cup.

Senior

2018

In 2018, Salos made her senior debut at the 2018 LA Lights competition. She then went on to win silver in the International Tournament Moscow. On 30 March – 1 April Salos competed at her first senior World Cup event at 2018 World Cup Sofia, placing 5th in the all-around and qualifying to all 4 apparatus finals. Her next World Cup event was 2018 World Cup Pesaro, where she won bronze with ball. She first won her all-around medal at 2018 World Cup Baku, winning bronze behind Maria Sergeeva and Vlada Nikolchenko. Salos also won bronze at the 2018 World Challenge Cup Guadalajara with ball, and at the 2018 World Challenge Cup Minsk she won silver with ball and bronze with clubs. At the 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships she placed 10th in the all-around and qualified to the ribbon final, where she placed 5th.

2019

Salos began her 2019 season competing at the 2019 LA Lights competition, finishing 5th in the all-around.[5] Her next competition was 2019 Grand Prix Moscow, where she placed 5th in the all-around and won bronze with ribbon. On 2–3 March she competed at the 2019 Grand Prix Marbella, where she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Dina Averina and Aleksandra Soldatova. She qualified to all 4 apparatus finals, placing 4th with the ribbon, 5th with the clubs, 6th with the ball, and 8th with the hoop. Salos went on to win the all-around gold medal at the 2019 Deriugina Cup International Tournament, finishing ahead of Olena Diachenko and Maria Sergeeva. She also won gold with the ball and ribbon, and silver with hoop and clubs. At the 2019 Grand Prix Thiais she finished 9th in the all-around and qualified for 2 apparatus finals, placing 4th with hoop and clubs.[6] Her first World Cup event was at the 2019 World Cup Sofia, where she finished 10th in the all-around and placed 5th at the ribbon final. On 16–18 April Salos took part in the 2019 European Championships, where she won the silver medal in the team event (with Katsiaryna Halkina, Alina Harnasko, and Junior group) and qualified for 3 apparatus finals. During the apparatus finals she finished 4th with ribbon and 5th with hoop and clubs. Competing at the 2019 Grand Prix Holon she won her first all-around Grand Prix all-around gold medal, where she also won gold with ball, silver with ribbon, and bronze with clubs.[7]

2021

In 2021, Salos began her season at the Sofia World Cup at the end of March, where she placed fourth behind her compatriot Alina Harnasko overall, and in the finals, she earned silver in rim and ribbon and 5th place. in ball. In the next cup, at the Tashkent World Cup, where she obtained the complete bronze behind the Russian Arina Averina, the bronze in hoop final, 5th place in ball final and 4th in ribbon final. At the Pesaro World Cup in late May, she placed fifth behind Israeli Linoy Ashram, and in the finals she was fourth in hoop and ball and eighth in ribbon. From 9–13 June, Salos competed in the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, where in the general final, she obtained fifth place behind Israeli Linoy Ashram, and in the apparatus finals, she obtained bronze in the hoop. and clubs, seventh place in ribbon and eighth place in ball. At the beginning of July, she competed in the Minsk World Cup, where she obtained bronze in the general classification behind Russia's Lala Kramarenko, and in the finals by apparatus, she obtained silver in rim and ribbon, bronze in ball and fifth place in clubs. Two weeks later, the last competition before the Olympic Games, he competed in the Tel Aviv Grand Prix, where he obtained bronze in the general classification and in the finals he obtained silver in the ring, bronze in ball and clubs and ribbon. From 6–8 August, Salos competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. On the first day, she made it to the All-around finals after finishing 5th behind compatriot Alina Harnasko. On the second day, the day of the grand final, various mistakes left Salos in 8th place behind Israeli Nicol Zelikman.

2022

On 7 March 2022, the FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2024

In 2024, FIG allowed Belarusian athletes to compete under a neutral flag, but only as individual gymnasts, not in groups.[8] On 10–12 May, Salos made her first appearance at FIG World Cup series after two years in Portimão, Portugal. She took 14th place in All-around and did not advance into apparatus finals. On 12–14 July, she competed at World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca and ended on 19th place in All-around.

2025

In 2025, Salos competed at Sofia World Cup, where she took 17th place in all-around due to mistakes in her clubs and ribbon routines. She qualified to hoop final and took 7th place. On 18–20 April, she competed at the Baku World Cup and finished 6th in all-around. She qualified to three apparatus finals - winning bronze in hoop, placing 7th in ribbon and 8th in ball.

On 17–19 July, she took 6th place in the all-around at the 2025 Summer Universiade in Essen. In the apparatus finals, she won bronze in clubs.[9]

In October, she announced her retirement at the Lobatch Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament, where she said she intended to continue to be involved with the sport as a coach.[10]

Routine music information

More information Year, Apparatus ...
Year Apparatus Music title
2025 Hoop Horse Races (2023) by UUTAi
Ball Black Book by ORI
Clubs Tribletrouble by bard beadle
Ribbon Once in the Street by Nino Katamadze & Insight
2024 Hoop Horse Races (2023) by UUTAi
Ball Carmen by Antonio de Lucena
Clubs El Choclo (Arr. E. Runge and J. Ammon) by Cello Project
Ribbon Requiem by Aram MP3 & Forsh
2023 Hoop Orobroy by David Peña Dorantes
Ball Dostochka by DakhaBakha
Clubs Haze by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl & Lucie Paradis
Ribbon I Will Survive by Musica Nuda
2022 Hoop Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine
Ball Zeme Sukis Greitai by Alina Orlova
Clubs Haze by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl & Lucie Paradis
Ribbon Diabolo by Xavier Mortimer & Maxime Rodriguez
2021 Hoop Damina by Mgzavrebi
Ball Magic Mirror by Xavier Mortimer & Maxime Rodriguez
Clubs Between Heaven and Earth by Camerata
Ribbon The Flight Attendant by Blake Neely
2020 Hoop Damina by Mgzavrebi
Ball Compassion by Ilya Beshevli
Clubs Between Heaven and Earth by Camerata
Ribbon Il Trovatore by Therion
2019 Hoop Primavera Tango by Gustavo Montesano & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Carlos Gomez
Ball Progeria by Bachar Mar-Khalifé
Clubs Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man
Ribbon Dominicano by Egor Grushin
2018 Hoop Primavera Tango by Gustavo Montesano & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Carlos Gomez
Ball Chanter by Mireille Mathieu
Clubs Spy Wedding by Danny Elfman and John Debney
Ribbon Belleville Rendez-Vous (from The Triplets of Belleville) by Béatrice Bonifassi
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Detailed Olympic results

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Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2020 Olympics Tokyo All-around 8th 95.175 5th 99.150
Damina by Mgzavrebi Hoop 6th 25.425 4th 25.700
Magic Mirror by Xavier Mortimer & Maxime Rodriguez Ball 10th 23.000 5th 26.300
Between Heaven and Earth by Camerata Clubs 9th 24.950 11th 24.550
The Flight Attendant by Blake Neely Ribbon 6th 21.800 4th 22.600
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Competitive highlights

(Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)

More information International: Senior, Year ...
International: Senior
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2025 Summer Universiade6th9th (Q)12th (Q)3rd5th
World Challenge Cup Portimao5th2nd15th (Q)5th3rd
World Cup Baku6th3rd8th20th (Q)7th
World Cup Sofia17th7th29th (Q)32nd (Q)
2024 World Challenge Cup Cluj-Napoca19th12th (Q)19th (Q)23rd (Q)16th (Q)
World Challenge Cup Portimao14th25th (Q)14th (Q)12th (Q)10th (Q)
2021 World Championships10th3rd62nd (Q)14th (Q)3rd11th (Q)
Grand Prix Tel Aviv3rd2nd3rd3rd3rd
World Cup Minsk3rd2nd3rd5th2nd
European Championships5th2nd3rd8th3rd7th
World Cup Pesaro5th4th4th18th (Q)8th
World Cup Tashkent3rd3rd5th10th (Q)4th
World Cup Sofia4th2nd5th17th (Q)2nd
2020European Championships3rd
International Tournament of Marina Lobatch2nd1st1st2nd1st
Grand Prix Kyiv3rd3rd2nd2nd3rd
Grand Prix Brno2nd
Grand Prix Moscow2nd2nd
LA Lights Tournament2nd
2019 World Championships14th3rd8th23rd (Q)7th
Grand Prix Marbella3rd
World Cup Portimao7th2nd10th (Q)3rd19th (Q)
World Cup Cluj-Napoca9th8th12th (Q)21st (Q)9th (Q)
World Cup Minsk8th8th11th (Q)19th (Q)8th
European Championships2nd5th5th4th
World Cup Baku8th7th8th25th (Q)1st
World Cup Sofia10th14th (Q)18th (Q)17th (Q)5th
2018 World Championships10th6th26th (Q)16th (Q)11th (Q)5th
European Championships10th
World Cup Minsk7th9th2nd3rd8th
World Cup Guadalajara6th3rd4th4th9th (Q)
World Cup Baku3rd6th5th7th7th
World Cup Pesaro6th4th3rd8th8th
World Cup Sofia5th4th8th6th6th
National
Year Event AA Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon
2020Belarusian Championships1st1st2nd1st
2019Belarusian Championships1st1st2nd2nd2nd
Q = Qualifications (Did not advance to Event Final due to the 2 gymnast per country rule, only Top 8 highest score);
WR = World Record; WD = Withdrew; NT = No Team Competition; DNS = Did Not Start
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