Anisimova started her career competing for the USSR at the Biathlon Youth and Junior World Championships between 1988 and 1991.

She made her way back into the Russian A-Team thanks to great results in the European Cup when she won the overall title during the 2005–06 season.

At the 2004 Biathlon Open European Championships in Minsk, Belarus, she won a gold medal with the Russian relay.

[1] Two years later in Arber, Germany, she won two silver medals in the sprint and pursuit.

[2][3] Her best ever result in the World Cup came during the 2007-08 Biathlon World Cup where, at the age of 35, she finished second in the Oberhof, Germany mass start, behind Magdalena Neuner.