Anna Kalmykova

Anna Dmitriyevna Kalmykova (; born 22 August 2008) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2026 Russian national champion.

Gymnastics career 2020–2022 Kalmykova won the bronze medal in the junior all-around at the 2020 WOGA Classic, behind Skye Blakely and Mana Okamura. She won the all-around competition at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in the Candidate Master of Sport category. At the 2022 Russian Championships, she placed sixth in the junior all-around and won the balance beam title.

2024 Kalmykova became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2024. She won a gold medal with the Moscow team at the 2024 Russian Championships, but she withdrew from the all-around final due to a leg injury on her uneven bars dismount. She returned to competition at the 2024 BRICS Games, she won the all-around silver medal, behind Leila Vasileva. She then won the gold medals in both the vault and floor exercise finals. In August, she won the all-around title at the Russian Cup. She also won gold medals in the vault and balance beam finals. She won another all-around competition at the 2024 Voronin Cup. Additionally, she won a gold medal on the balance beam and bronze medals on vault and uneven bars.

2025 Kalmykova was granted status as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN) in March 2025. She won gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise at the 2025 Russian Cup. At the 2025 Russian Championships, she won gold medals on the vault and balance beam and a silver medal on the floor exercise. 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. She qualified for and competed in the vault final, ultimately finishing in sixth place.

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.

She was selected to compete at the 2026 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia alongside Angelina Melnikova, Liudmila Roshchina, Viktoria Listunova, and Elizaveta Us. However, a week before the start of the competition, the Croatian government denied visas for Kalmykova as well as Melnikova and Listunova, preventing them from competing. Days later, after the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs worked with the Croatian Gymnastics Union as well as European Gymnastics, Melnikova and Kalmykova were granted visas; Listunova's visa was still denied and she was replaced with Alyona Glotova. On the first day of competition, Kalmykova won the silver medal in the all-around behind Melnikova. During event finals, Kalymova placed fifth on vault and uneven bars and seventh on balance beam. On the final day of competition, she helped the Russian team win gold.

Competitive history +Competitive history of Anna KalmykovaYearEvent 2019 Reykjavik International Games WOGA Classic 12 2020 WOGA Classic 2021 Russian Junior Championships Spartakiade 5 2022 Russian Championships 6 4 2023 Russian Cup 8 6 Kazan Friendly 2024 Russian Championships 7 6 Russian Cup 5 Voronin Cup 2025 Gymnastics Legends Russian Cup 6 Strongest Athletes Cup Russian Championships 6 5 World Championships 6 2026 Cottbus World Cup Baku World Cup 5 Russian Cup Russian Championships European Championships 5 5 7