Anna Kalmykova
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| Анна Калмыкова | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Anna Dmitrievna Kalmykova | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | (2021–present) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Dmitrievna Kalmykova (Russian: Анна Дмитриевна Калмыкова; born 22 August 2008)[1] is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 Russian national champion on the vault and balance beam and silver medalist on the floor exercise.[2]
2020–2022
Kalmykova won the bronze medal in the junior all-around at the 2020 WOGA Classic, behind Skye Blakely and Mana Okamura.[3] She won the all-around competition at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in the Candidate Master of Sport category.[4] At the 2022 Russian Championships, she placed sixth in the junior all-around and won the balance beam title.[5]
2024
Kalmykova became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2024. She won a gold medal with the Moscow team at the 2024 Russian Championships,[6] but she withdrew from the all-around final due to a leg injury on her uneven bars dismount.[7] She returned to competition at the 2024 BRICS Games, she won the all-around silver medal, behind Leila Vasileva.[8] She then won the gold medals in both the vault and floor exercise finals.[9] In August, she won the all-around title at the Russian Cup.[10] She also won gold medals in the vault and balance beam finals.[11] She won another all-around competition at the 2024 Voronin Cup.[12] Additionally, she won a gold medal on the balance beam and bronze medals on vault and uneven bars.[13]
2025
Kalmykova was granted status as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) in March 2025.[14] She won gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise at the 2025 Russian Cup.[15][16] At the 2025 Russian Championships, she won gold medals on the vault and balance beam and a silver medal on the floor exercise.[17] She was then selected to compete at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships. In the qualification round, she competed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.[18] She qualified for and competed in the vault final, ultimately finishing in sixth place.[19]
2026
Kalmykova began 2026 competing at the World Cups in Cottbus and Baku, winning gold on vault and floor exercise at the former and gold on vault and silver on floor exercise at the latter. At the 2026 Russian Cup she won the all-around and placed top three on all four apparatuses.[20]