Marina Nekrasova

Marina Nekrasova (Марина Некрасова; born 19 April 1995) is a Russian-born artistic gymnast who has represented Azerbaijan since 2013.

Nekrasova was born on 19 April 1995 in Voronezh along with her twin sister Tamara.

They both began gymnastics when they were three years old.

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.

Her first competition for Azerbaijan was the Voronin Cup where she won the all-around bronze medal behind Alena Vasilyeva and Pavlova.

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.

Nekrasova's first competition of the 2014 season was the Cottbus World Cup where she placed sixth on the vault.

She competed with Anna Pavlova, Yulia Inshina, and Maria Smirnova at the 2014 European Championships where they finished sixteenth in the qualification round.

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.

The same team from the European Championships competed at the World Championships and finished thirtieth in the qualification round.

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.

Nekrasova competed at the European Championships, and she finished forty-fifth in the all-around during the qualification round.

She also failed to qualify for any finals at the Anadia World Cup.

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.

Nekrasova qualified for the all-around final and finished fifteenth with a total score of 50.098.

Then at the World Championships she finished eighty-eighth in the all-around during the qualification round.

Nekrasova won the bronze medal on the floor exercise at the Baku World Challenge Cup, the first World Cup medal of her career.

Then at the Doha World Challenge Cup, she finished sixth on the vault.

She finished sixty-second in the all-around at the Olympic Test Event with a total score of 49.133.

She graduated from the Voronezh State Institute of Physical Education in 2016.

Nekrasova finished sixteenth in the all-around at the Russian Championships.

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.

This result made her the first reserve for the 2016 Olympic Games.

She then competed at the European Championships with Yulia Inshina and Maria Smirnova, and they finished twentieth in the qualification round.

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.

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.

She finished eighth on both the vault and the uneven bars at the Varna World Challenge Cup.

She won her first World Cup title on the vault at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup.

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.

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.

At the Baku World Cup, Nekrasova won the silver medal on the vault behind Oksana Chusovitina.

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, she won gold in the team event and silver medals on the vault and balance beam.

She is also a three-time World Challenge Cup vault champion.

She is the 2019 Summer Universiade vault champion.

She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, making her the first woman artistic gymnast to represent Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games.