Anastasiia Kurashvili

Anastasiia Kurashvili
Kurashvili (left) after winning the 2023 World Cup in mixed duets
Personal information
Full nameAnastasiia Olehivna Kurashvili
Born (2003-12-25) 25 December 2003
Gymnastics career
DisciplineAerobic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Ukraine
ClubSpartak Sumy
Head coach(es)Oksana Dubynska
Assistant coach(es)Natalia Fastova
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 1 0
European Championships 1 2 1
World Cup 4 6 1
World Age Group Competitions 0 1 0
Total 6 10 3
Women's aerobic gymnastics
Representing  Ukraine
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Chengdu Pairs
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Guimarães Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Pesaro Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Ganja Individual
Silver medal – second place 2023 Antalya Individual
Silver medal – second place 2025 Ganja Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Antalya Team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guimarães Individual
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku Individual
Summer Gymnasiade
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Marrakech Trio

Anastasiia Olehivna Kurashvili (Ukrainian: Анастасія Олегівна Курашвілі, born 25 December 2003[1] in Sumy, Ukraine) is a senior Ukrainian aerobic gymnast.[2] She is a first Ukrainian world (2022) and European (2025) aerobics champion, World Championships silver medalist (2024), World Games bronze medalist (2025) and a multiple European Championships medalist (2023, 2025).[3]

Early life

Anastasiia Kurashvili was born on 25 December 2003 in Sumy.[1] She finished the local gymnasium No. 1 in her native city.[4] Anastasiia is currently studying at the Sumy State A.S.Makarenko Pedagogical University.[5]

Career

Kurashvili began aerobic gymnastics at the age of five.[2]

In December 2010, she became the youngest competitor of the Ukrainian Cup among cadets, finishing fourth.[6]

In July 2013, she won a Cup of Azov Sea, the all-Ukrainian aerobic gymnastics competition, held in Berdiansk.[7] In October, Kurashvili received a bronze medal in individual at the international aerobics competition, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria among pupils.[8] In October 2016, Kurashvili won a gold medal at the Sumy Aerobic Cup in individual event.[9]

In 2018, Anastasiia competed at the World Junior Championships, held in Guimarães, Portugal, placing second in the individual with a score of 20.65.[10] In May, she competed at the World School Sport Games in Marrakech, winning a bronze medal in trio competition.[11]

The following year, at the European Junior Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Kurashvili won a bronze medal in the individual event.[12] In that year, she also won a bronze medal in the mixed pair at the 9th International Open Competition in Portugal.[13]

In May 2021, Kurashvili competed at the World Championships in Baku, finishing seventh in trio.[14] In September, she also took part at the European Championships in Pesaro, finishing 6th in individual and 7th in mixed pair and trio.[15]

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Anastasiia moved to Italy for further training and preparation for the international competitions.[16] In June, she won the gold medal in individual at the Italian Aerobic Championships, qualofying at the World Championships.[17] Later, Anastasiia finished first with a score of 20,950 at the World Championships in Guimarães.[18] Later, she competed at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, where she finished 6th in trio competition with Stanislav Halaida and Anastasiia Lytvyn in qualification without reaching a final.[19]

In March 2023, at the FIG World Cup in Cantanhede Kurashvili won a gold medal in mixed pair and a silver one in individual.[20] In May, she was nominated for Female Gymnast of the Year 2022 according to European Gymnastics Federation.[21] In October, Kurashvili added to her personal award two silver medals in mixed pair and individual at the FIG World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.[22] Later, she was awarded the Best Acrobatic Gymnast of the Year according to FIG.[23] In November, Kurashvili competed at the 2023 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships, where she won a silver medal in individual and a bronze one in team competition.[24][25]

In March 2024, at the FIG World Cup in Cantanhede Kurashvili won two gold medals in mixed pair and individual.[26] In May, she won two silver medals in the individual and mixed pairs events at the Suzuki Aerobic World Cup.[27] In September, she won a silver medal in individual event at the World Championships in Pesaro.[28]

In 2025, Kurashvili won gold and silver medals in the individual and mixed pairs (with Stanislav Halaida) respectively at the 10th Cantanhede FIG World Cup.[29] Later, she finished 5th in mixed pairs event at the FIG Suzuki World Cup.[30]

In August, she competed at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu with her partner Stanislav Halaida, winning a bronze medal in pairs competition, firstly in Ukrainian history.[31] In November, she won a historic gold for Ukraine in the individual event at the Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships in Ganja, Azerbaijan.[32] There she won a silver medal in mixed pairs competition with her partner Stanislav Halaida.[33]

References

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  2. ^ a b "FIG Profile Anastasiia Kurashvili". FIG. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ ""Спартаківка" Анастасія Курашвілі стала віце-чемпіонкою Європи зі спортивної аеробіки". sichnews.com (in Ukrainian). 21 November 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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  18. ^ "Анастасія Курашвілі здобула історичну перемогу і стала чемпіонкою світу зі спортивної аеробіки". Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation (in Ukrainian). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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  25. ^ European Gymnastics Union - Official results
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