Agafonova trains at the
Vladimir Oblast Specialized Children's and Youth Sports School for the Olympic Reserve in Artistic Gymnastics.
Junior career: 2016-2018 Agafonova competed at the 2016 Russian Espoir Championships where she finished 4th in the all-around and won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Ksenia Klimenko. She competed at the
2017 City of Jesolo Trophy with Klimenko,
Valeria Saifulina, and
Varvara Zubova, and they won the bronze medal in the team competition behind the United States and Italy. At the 2017 Russian Junior Championships, she won the silver medal in the individual all-around, the bronze medal on the uneven bars and the silver medal on the balance beam. In late May, Agafonova won the uneven bars at the
World Challenge Cup event in
Osijek, Croatia. She also competed at the World Challenge Cup in
Paris where she won the gold medal on the balance beam as well as the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos. Agafonova was part of the Russian team that competed at the
2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. Alongside her, the team included
Angelina Melnikova,
Lilia Akhaimova,
Aleksandra Shchekoldina,
Daria Spiridonova, and
Maria Paseka (alternate), and they won silver in the team final. She then competed at the
FIG World Cup in
Cottbus where she won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind
Fan Yilin. Her last event of the season was the
Voronin Cup, and she won the gold medal on the uneven bars. == References ==