She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and plays for Dynamo Moscow at club level.

She moved to Dynamo Moscow in 2014 and at the club she won the Russian Super League in 2015 - 2016.

[3][4] With the Russia women's national volleyball team, she has participated at youth and senior competitions, being part of the teams which played the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan,[5] the Montreux Volley Masters (in 2013, 2014),[6][7] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[8] the European Championships (in 2013, 2015),[1] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[9] the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan,[10] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

She is the daughter of Vadim Pankov and Marina Pankova (née Nikulina).

Her family has a tradition in volleyball, her father is the current coach of Zarechie Odintsovo and her mother played in three Olympic Games (gold in Seoul 1988, silver in Barcelona 1992 and fourth in Atlanta 1996), and was world champion at the 1990 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.