Anastasia Gennadyevna Simakova (; born 9 September 2004 in Omsk, Russia) is a Russian-born individual rhythmic gymnast who competes for Germany, where she holds citizenship. She is the 2025 European silver medalist with ball and the 2019 World Junior rope and team champion.
On the national level, she is a two-time (2024, 2026) German national all-around bronze medalist and the 2025 German national all-around silver medalist. She is also a multiple medalist at the Russian junior nationals (among Candidates for Master of Sport in 2017, 2018 and 2019).
Personal life She studies finance at Moscow Finance Academy.
Gymnastics career She began training in rhythmic gymnastics at age 4.
Junior In 2019, Simakova was part of a junior national team. She competed at International tournament Sofia cup, where she won gold medal in team and clubs. She competed in the 2019 Junior World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, where she became the World junior champion in the rope and team events.
Senior Simakova competed at the 2020 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, placing 7th in the individual senior all-around final. She won bronze in the ribbon final. Simakova was registered to compete in the 2021 World Cup Sofia, along with Lala Kramarenko, which took place on March 26–28; however, both were withdrawn, and there was no individual Russian representation. Simakova competed in the Grand Prix in Marbella, where she placed third behind Viktoriia Onopriienko in the all-around. She also won silver in the ball final, and she came in 4th place in the ribbon final and 5th in the clubs final.
In 2022 she moved to Germany, following her parents, who enrolled in the program of repatriation for Russian Germans. She started to train in Fellbach with Yulia Raskina in November 2023. Her change of nationality from Russian to German was approved in March 2023, which meant she could begin representing Germany at competitions starting in March 2024.
2024 In 2024, she represented Germany for the first time at the Marbella Grand Prix, where she ended in 12th place in the all-around competition and 8th in the ball final. She next competed in the World Cup Palaio Faliro, where she finished in 25th place in the all-around, and in the World Cup Baku, where she finished in 9th place in the all-around and 8th in the hoop final. On May 10–12, she competed at World Cup Portimao and again finished in 9th place in the all-around. She also qualified to two apparatus finals and placed 4th in ribbon and 8th in ball.
She represented Germany at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where she and her teammates placed 4th in the team competition. Simakova competed with two apparatuses, hoop and ribbon, and finished 12th in qualifications with both. At the 2024 German National Championships, she won the bronze medal in the all-around behind teammates Margarita Kolosov and Darja Varfolomeev.
2025 In March 2025, Simakova won the Gymnastik International ahead of Liliana Lewińska. In early April, she was selected to compete at the 2025 Summer World University Games along with her teammate Margarita Kolosov. This was the first time that Germany had sent a team of rhythmic gymnasts to the event. On April 25-27, she competed at the World Cup Tashkent, where she took 18th place in the all-around. She qualified to the ribbon final and won her first World Cup medal (bronze). She then competed at the World Challenge Cup Portimão, finishing 4th in the all-around. She was also 5th in the hoop and ball finals.
She represented Germany at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where she and her teammates placed 4th in the team competition. She was 9th in the all-around final, despite performing to the wrong music in her clubs routine, and won the silver medal behind Stiliana Nikolova in the ball final. In July, she competed at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, where she took 4th place in the all-around. She won the silver medal in the all-around behind Darja Varfolomeev at the 2025 German National Championships. In apparatus finals, she won bronze medal with ball and silver with clubs and ribbon.
In August, Simakova made her senior World Championships debut in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She took 8th place in all-around qualifications and qualified to two apparatus finals, winning bronze in hoop. Together with Darja Varfolomeev and the German senior group, she won the gold medal in the team competition.
2026 In July, Simakova won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Varfolomeev and Pusch at the German National Championships. She withdrew from the apparatus finals. Afterwards, she was selected to compete at the 2026 World Championships in Frankfurt with one apparatus (ribbon). At the World Championships, she dropped her apparatus twice and did not qualify for the final.
Routine music information YearApparatusMusic title2026HoopPiano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Vivace by Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra & André PrevinBallFeeling good by Jennifer HudsonClubsGravitational Forces INST by Drew J Lerdal, ASCAPRibbonBig Bad Me by Power-Haus, REVANANT2025HoopPiano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Vivace by Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra & André PrevinBallSkyfall by AdeleClubsGravitational Forces by ITG StudiosRibbonWOMAN by Lady Bri2024HoopEverybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde/Monsters by Tommee ProfittBallCrazy in Love by Sofia KarlbergClubsBoombayah by BlackpinkRibbonWOMAN by Lady Bri2023HoopEverybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde/Monsters by Tommee ProfittBallAnother Love by Tom OdellClubsBoombayah by BlackpinkRibbonAdiós by Benjamin Clementine2021HoopThe Gypsies; Journey Across Europe / Fanatico Master music from Oxford / KOI by John Corigliano / Edvin Marton & Ari ZakaryanBallMelody from Orpheus and Eurydice by The duet IClubs (first)The Cobra's Dance (feat. Luru) by TSVIClubs (second)Shake Shake by NessiRibbonAnastasia by Sergey Lazarev2020HoopThe Gypsies; Journey Across Europe / Fanatico Master music from Oxford / KOI by John Corigliano / Edvin Marton & Ari ZakaryanBall24 Préludes op. 28 - No.7 in A Major by Frédéric ChopinClubs (first)Russian Dance from The Nutcracker by Pyotr TchaikovskyClubs (second)Cuba by Robert Abigail and DJ Rebel ft. The Gibson BrothersRibbonAnastasia by Sergey Lazarev2019Rope (first)Russian Dance from The Nutcracker by Pyotr TchaikovskyRope (second)Smuglyanka by the Alexandrov EnsembleBallRond de Jambe à Terre Roudnev, Vol. 3 by Dmitri RoudnevClubsMe Gusta by Adolescent’s OrquestaRibbon
Competitive highlights (Team competitions in seniors are held only at the World Championships, Europeans and other Continental Games.)
International: Senior Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon 2026World ChampionshipsOC4th39th (Q)2025 World Championships6th1st3rd13th (Q)16th (Q)6thSummer Universiade4th2nd3rd26th (Q)4thEuropean Championships9th4th14th (Q)2nd10th (Q)World Challenge Cup Portimão4th5th5th11th (Q)9th (Q)World Cup Tashkent8th9th (Q)4th12th (Q)3rdWorld Cup Sofia18th16th (Q)40th (Q)21st (Q)25th (Q)2024European Championships4th12th (Q)12th (Q) International: Junior Year EventAATeamRopeBallClubsRibbon2019Junior World Championships1st1stAGF Trophy1st1st1stIT Sofia Cup1st1stIT Andalucia Cup2nd3rd National Year EventAATeamHoopBallClubsRibbon2026German Championships 3rdWDWDWDWD2025German National Championships 2nd3rd2nd2nd2024German National Championships 3rd 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; OC = Out of Competition(competed but scores not counted for qualifications/results)
See also Nationality changes in gymnastics
References
External links
Anastasia Simakova at Gimnastika.pro