Marina Nekrasova

Nekrasova was born on 19 April 1995 in Voronezh along with her twin sister Tamara.{{cite web |last1=Crumlish |first1=John |title='I'm More Ready Than Ever For Tokyo," Says Azerbaijan's Nekrasova |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/im-more-ready-than-ever-for-tokyo-says-azerbaijans-nekrasova/ |website=International Gymnast Online |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=1 November 2020}} They both began gymnastics when they were three years old. She graduated from the Voronezh State Institute of Physical Education in 2016.{{cite web |title=Nekrasova Marina |url=https://agf.az/az/database/person/nekrasova-marina-44/wag/gymnast |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=az}}

Nekrasova finished sixteenth in the all-around at the Russian Championships.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2013 Russian Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/03/08/2013-russian-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=8 March 2013}} Then at the Russian Cup, she won the bronze medal with the Central Federal District team. Individually, she finished twelfth in the all-around and fifth on vault.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2013 Russian Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/08/21/2013-russian-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=21 August 2013}} At the end of 2013, Azerbaijan began rebuilding its national gymnastics team in preparation for the 2015 European Games, and Nekrasova was invited to join the team alongside Anna Pavlova, Yulia Inshina, and Maria Smirnova.{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan offers last-minute lifeline to abandoned Russian gymnasts |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=849 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=1 October 2014}} Her first competition for Azerbaijan was the Voronin Cup where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Alena Vasilyeva and Pavlova.{{cite web |title=Результаты Многоборье |trans-title=All-Around Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2013/eu/rus/voronin/wagmsaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=ru |date=3 December 2013}} She also won the silver medal on the balance beam behind Vasilyeva, and she finished fifth on the uneven bars and fourth on the floor exercise.{{cite web |title=Результаты Финалов в отдельных видах многоборья |trans-title=Event Finals Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2013/eu/rus/voronin/wagmsef.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=ru |date=4 December 2013}}

Nekrasova's first competition of the 2014 season was the Cottbus World Cup where she placed sixth on the vault.{{cite web |title=38th Turnier Der Meister Vault Final Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2014/eu/ger/tdm/wagef1vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=15 March 2014}} She competed with Anna Pavlova, Yulia Inshina, and Maria Smirnova at the 2014 European Championships where they finished sixteenth in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Qualifications for CIII & CIV |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/euro/2014/wag/senteamqual.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=European Gymnastics |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=15 May 2014}} She then competed at the Bosphorus Tournament in Istanbul and won the silver medal in the all-around and on vault both behind Pavlova. She also won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Aida Bauryzhanova and Inshina, and she placed sixth on the uneven bars.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=Anna Pavlova is Golden in Istanbul |url=https://thegymter.net/2014/09/07/anna-pavlova-is-golden-in-istanbul/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=7 September 2014}} The same team from the European Championships competed at the World Championships and finished thirtieth in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2014/wag/teamsqual.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=5 October 2014}} Then at the DTB Team Challenge, Azerbaijan finished fifth, and Nekrasova won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Pauline Schäfer and Lisa Ecker.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=Germany Defeats Russia at DTB Team Challenge |url=https://thegymter.net/2014/11/30/germany-defeats-russia-at-dtb-team-challenge/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=30 November 2014}}

Nekrasova competed at the European Championships, and she finished forty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women's Qualifications |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/euro/2015/wag/aaqual.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=UEG |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=15 April 2015}} She also failed to qualify for any finals at the Anadia World Cup.{{cite web |title=FIG ART CIII World Challenge Cup Anadia (POR) 2015 May 21–24 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/por/world-challenge-cup-anadia.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=15 March 2022}} She was selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2015 European Games alongside Yulia Inshina and Kristina Pravdina, and they finished thirteenth in the team competition.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic – Women's Team – Final – Results |url=http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/GA/pdf/GAW400100_C73D_9.pdf |date=15 June 2015 |accessdate=15 September 2019 |url-status=usurped |website=Baku 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013111627/http://www.baku2015.com/en_externalmodules/GA/pdf/GAW400100_C73D_9.pdf |archivedate=13 October 2017}} Nekrasova qualified for the all-around final and finished fifteenth with a total score of 50.098.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Individual All-Around Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2015/eu/aze/europeangames/wag/aafinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Baku 2015 |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=18 June 2015}} Then at the World Championships she finished eighty-eighth in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2015/wag/c1ind.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=23 October 2015}}

Nekrasova won the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the Baku World Challenge Cup, the first World Cup medal of her career.{{cite web |title=Japan, Brazil best at Baku World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=1445 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=22 February 2016}} Then at the Doha World Challenge Cup, she finished sixth on the vault.{{cite web |title=9th F.I.G. Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup Women's Vault Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/as/qat/wcup/wagaf1vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=25 March 2016}} She finished sixty-second in the all-around at the Olympic Test Event with a total score of 49.133.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/wag/aa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=15 March 2022 |page=3 |date=17 April 2016}} This result made her the first reserve for the 2016 Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=Nekrasova: Mentally it was Very Hard |url=https://eng.gymnovosti.com/nekrasova-mentally-it-was-very-hard/ |website=Gymnovosti |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=8 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=List of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/bra/wag/ogqualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |page=3}} She then competed at the European Championships with Yulia Inshina and Maria Smirnova, and they finished twentieth in the qualification round.{{cite web |title=31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Qualifications |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2016/euros/documents/wagsen/teamsqual.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=European Gymnastics |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=2 June 2016}}

At the Baku World Cup, Nekrasova won the bronze medal on the floor exercise behind Catalina Ponor and Emily Little, and she placed fourth on both the vault and balance beam.{{cite web |title=FIG World Cup 2017 AGF Trophy Baku (AZE) 2017 March 16–19 |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2017/baku-world-cup/index.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=15 March 2022}} She then competed at the Islamic Solidarity Games alongside Yulia Inshina and Ekaterina Tishkova, and they won the team gold medal. Individually, Nekrasova won the silver medal on the vault behind Oksana Chusovitina and on the balance beam behind Göksu Üçtaş. She also finished fourth in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/05/15/2017-islamic-solidarity-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=15 May 2017}} She finished eighth on both the vault and the uneven bars at the Varna World Challenge Cup.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Varna Challenge Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/09/01/2017-varna-challenge-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=1 September 2017}} She won her first World Cup title on the vault at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.{{cite web |title=Diversity in Szombathely as newcomers, veterans take gold |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=1875 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=11 September 2017}} She was the third reserve for the all-around final at the World Championships after finishing twenty-eighth in the qualification round with a total score of 49.973.{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2017/worlds/documents/wag/qaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |page=2 |date=3 October 2017}} Then at the Voronin Cup, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam behind Russians Maria Kharenkova and Viktoria Trykina and the silver medal on the floor exercise behind Kharenkova. She also finished fourth on the vault and seventh in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2017 Voronin Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2017/12/20/2017-voronin-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=20 December 2017}}

At the Baku World Cup, Nekrasova won the silver medal on the vault behind Oksana Chusovitina.{{cite web |title=Petrounias and Chusovitina on fine form in Baku |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2009 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=19 March 2018}} Then at the Mersin World Challenge Cup, she placed sixth on the vault and fifth on the uneven bars.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Mersin Challenge Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/07/09/2018-mersin-challenge-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=9 July 2018}} During the European Championships, she landed on her head during her balance beam dismount and was carried out of the competition on a stretcher.{{cite web |title=Yulia Inshina: I'll Be Competing for Everyone Else |url=https://eng.gymnovosti.com/yulia-inshina-ill-be-competing-for-everyone-else/ |website=Gymnovosti |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=4 August 2018}} She returned to competition at the Paris World Challenge Cup and finished seventh on vault.{{cite web |title=Internationaux de France de Gymnastique Results Women's Vault Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2018/paris-world-cup/documents/wagaf1vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=30 September 2018}} Then at the World Championships, she finished seventieth in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Doha (QAT), 25 October – 3 November 2018 Women's All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2018/worlds/documents/wag/qaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |page=3 |date=27 October 2018}}

At the Baku World Cup, Nekrasova competed in a unitard for the first time to inspire Muslim girls in artistic gymnastics.{{cite web |last1=Aliyev |first1=Elmir |url=https://haqqin.az/news/146627 |title=На Кубке мира в Баку азербайджанская спортсменка выступит в необычном купальнике |website=Haqqin |trans-title=At the World Cup in Baku, an Azerbaijani athlete will perform in an unusual leotard |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=ru |date=14 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Nekrasova: I Wanted to Show That There are No Limits |url=https://eng.gymnovosti.com/nekrasova-i-wanted-to-show-that-there-are-no-limits/ |website=Gymnovosti |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=12 April 2019}} She placed seventh on both the vault and balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Baku World Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/03/18/2019-baku-world-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=18 March 2019}} Then at the Doha World Cup, she finished eighth on vault.{{cite web |title=FIG World Cup Doha (QAT) 2019 March 20–23 Vault Final Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/doha-world-cup/documents/wagvt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=23 March 2019}} She qualified for the all-around final at the European Championships and finished twenty-third with a total score of 48.465.{{cite web |title=8th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/euros/documents/wagaaf.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=8 April 2021 |date=12 April 2019}} She then won the gold medal on vault at the Koper Challenge Cup with an average score of 14.475.{{cite web |title=Kovács takes two titles at Koper World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2485 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=3 June 2019}} She was then selected to represent Azerbaijan at the 2019 European Games where she placed sixth in the vault final.{{cite web |title=Minsk 2019 2nd European Games Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/european-games/documents/wagvt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Minsk 2019 |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=30 June 2019}} She then won the gold medal on vault at the Summer Universiade with an average score of 14.000.{{cite web |title=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final Seniors Women |url=https://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/SENIORS%20-%20Individual%20-%20Apparatus%20Final%20Vault%20ApparatusResultsWag.pdf |website=30th Summer Universiade 2019 Main Results |access-date=7 May 2021 |date=7 July 2019}} She won another World Cup vault gold medal at the Szombathely Challenge Cup.{{cite web |title=Ukraine nab nine medals, Hungary shine at Szombathely World Challenge Cup |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2602 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=10 September 2019}} Then at the World Championships, she finished ninety-third{{cite web |title=49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October – 13 October 2019 Women's All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2019/worlds/documents/wag/qaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=8 April 2021 |date=4 October 2019}} in the all-around and qualified for an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games, becoming the first woman artistic gymnast from Azerbaijan to do so.{{cite web |title=İdman gimnastlarımız növbəti Olimpiya lisenziyasına sahibləndilər |trans-title=Our gymnasts received Olympic licenses |url=https://agf.az/az/news/azerbaijani-artistic-gymnasts--2304 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=az |date=13 October 2019}}

During the qualification round of the 2020 Baku World Cup, Nekrasova finished third on vault.{{cite web |title=FIG World Cup 2020 AGF Trophy Baku (AZE) 2020 March 12–15 |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2020/baku-world-cup/documents/qualday1.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=12 March 2020}} However, the event was canceled prior to the event finals due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.{{cite web|url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2836|title=Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled|work=International Gymnastics Federation|date=13 March 2020}} She returned to competition at the postponed-2020 European Championships but did not qualify for any finals.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2020 European Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/12/20/2020-european-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=20 December 2020}}

Nekrasova began her 2021 season at the European Championships and finished seventh on vault.{{cite web |title=9th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/euros/documents/wagvtfinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=European Gymnastics |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=24 April 2021}} She then competed at the Ukraine International Cup, winning the gold medal on the vault and the bronze medal on the uneven bars. She also placed fourth in the all-around and on the floor exercise and fifth on the balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 Ukraine International Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/05/25/2021-ukraine-international-cup-wag-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=25 May 2021}} She then competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and finished seventieth in the all-around and nineteenth on the vault during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/olympics/documents/wag/wag_quals_aa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=25 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2021/olympics/documents/wag/wag_quals_vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=15 March 2022 |date=25 July 2021}} She became the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=Marina Nekrasova presents exercise on balance beam as part of competition at Tokyo Olympics |url=https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3460035.html |website=Trend News Agency |access-date=23 March 2022 |date=25 July 2021}}{{cite web |title=Baş məşqçi: Marina Olimpiadaya böyük yarış təcrübəsi ilə qatılır |trans-title=Head coach: Marina participates in the Olympics with great experience |url=https://agf.az/az/interview/bash-meshqchi--marina-olimpiad161253 |website=Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation |access-date=15 March 2022 |language=az |date=21 July 2021}}

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