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Maria Paseka
Мария Пасека
Paseka at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France
Personal information
Full nameMaria Valeryevna Paseka
Nickname(s)Masha, Beefarm
Country represented Russia
Born (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 28)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
ClubDynamo Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Olga Sikorro
Former coach(es)Marina Gennadyevna Ulyankina, Nadezhda Galtsova, Vyacheslav Selifanov
MusicHasta Que Te Conocí by Juan Gabriel (2011-2012)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 3 1
World Championships 2 0 0
European Championships 1 1 1
Summer Universiade 4 0 3
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Vault
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Vault
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Vault
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montpellier Vault
Silver medal – second place 2012 Brussels Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Uneven Bars
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Vault
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Uneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Vault

Maria Valeryevna Paseka (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World champion, 2017 World champion, 2015 European champion, and 2015 Universiade champion on vault. Paseka competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal with the Russian team and an individual bronze medal on the vault. She won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver medal on vault.

Junior career

2010

At the end of April, Paseka competed at the European Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 55.850 toward the Russian team's first-place finish. In the vault final, she won the silver medal with a score of 14.275.[1]

Senior career

2011

In August, Paseka competed at the Russian Cup in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She placed third on vault scoring 13.713 and fifth on floor scoring 13.125.[2][3] Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko said, "In Yekaterinburg, she did not perform vault very well, but she has very difficult and high-level gymnastics."[4]

In September, Paseka competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She placed sixth on vault scoring 13.837 and fifth on floor scoring 13.175.[5]

Later in September, Paseka competed at the Dinamo International in Penza, Russia. She placed second on vault scoring 13.935 and third on floor scoring 14.034.[6]

2012

In March, Paseka competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She contributed scores of 14.867 on vault, 10.767 on uneven bars, and 13.533 on floor toward the Moscow team's first-place finish.[7] In event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 14.120 and seventh on uneven bars scoring 11.440.[8]

In May, Paseka competed at the European Championships in Brussels, Belgium. She contributed a vault score of 14.833 towards the Russian team's second-place finish.[9]

In June, Paseka competed at the Russian Cup in Penza, Russia. She contributed scores of 15.800 on vault and 14.134 on floor toward the Moscow team's first-place finish.[10] In event finals, she placed seventh on vault scoring 11.925 and seventh on uneven bars scoring 13.175.[11]

London Olympics

At the end of July, Paseka competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. In the team final, she contributed a vault score of 15.300 toward the Russian team's second-place finish. In the vault final, she won the bronze medal with a score of 15.050.[12] Paseka said, "I can't describe my feeling. I still have adrenaline in my blood. It's only third place, a bronze. But this is an Olympic medal. So I'm still happy."[13]

2013

In March, Paseka competed at the Russian Championships in Penza, Russia. She contributed scores of 15.750 on vault and 12.650 on uneven bars toward the Moscow team's second-place finish.[14] In event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 13.475 and eight on uneven bars scoring 11.725.[15]

In April, Paseka competed at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia. She won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.400.[16] She qualified for the vault final in second place with a score of 14.733.[17] However, in the final she fell on both her vaults and finished in 7th place with a score of 13.499.[16]

In July, Paseka competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan together with teammates (Aliya Mustafina, Ksenia Afanasyeva, Tatiana Nabieva and Anna Dementyeva). She contributed a score of 15.100 on vault towards the Russian team's first-place finish, and in doing so, qualified first to vault finals. She won bronze in the vault final with a score of 14.950.

2015

Paseka during the 2015 European Championships vault final

Originally Paseka was not chosen to compete in the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France. However, due to the injuries of Alla Sosnitskaya, Paseka was decided to be the last minute replacement for her. Paseka arrived in Montpellier after the podium training, so she started the competition without it. Nevertheless, she qualified with 14.416, the fourth highest score, into the vault final, competing a Cheng vault with a difficulty score of 6.4 as her first vault and an Amanar with a 6.3 difficulty score as her second vault. She also gained a score which would have allowed her to enter the uneven bars final (14.233); however, she gave up her place due to the two per country rule. In the vault final held on 18 April, Paseka won the gold medal with a score 15.250. This was her first European vault medal. With the victory, she defeated the defending 2-time European vault champion Giulia Steingruber.

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Paseka competed vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise for the Russian team both in qualifications and in the final, all of which she performed cleanly. Due to mistakes by her teammates on the uneven bars and balance beam, Russia narrowly missed the podium, finishing in fourth place. However, Paseka qualified for the vault finals and also earned a score which would have allowed her to compete in the uneven bars final but lost her place because of two per country rule, with Daria Spiridonova and Viktoria Komova placing above her in qualifications. In the vault final, Paseka won the gold medal, defeating the reigning world champion on vault, Hong Un-jong, who won silver. She competed a Cheng and an Amanar, as did Hong.

2016

Rio de Janeiro Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Paseka won two silver medals: one for vault and one with the Russian team. During the team finals, she competed only on vault, successfully landing an Amanar to get the highest score for Russia on vault. In the vault finals, she did two clean vaults to clinch the silver. For her first vault she performed a Cheng, landing out of bounds, but a stuck landing and clean form boosted her score. For her second vault she performed an Amanar, taking just a step back. She was the first female gymnast since Ludmilla Tourischeva to medal on vault in two consecutive Olympic Games.

2017

Paseka did not compete at the beginning of the year so she could recover from back pains she had experienced during the Olympics. Despite having not competed at nationals or World Cup events, she was still selected to compete at the European Championships due to her prowess on vault. At the European Championships, Paseka fell short of the podium, finishing fourth on vault.

In August, Paseka was selected to represent Russia at the World Championships along with 2016 Olympic teammate Angelina Melnikova, Elena Eremina, and Anastasia Ilyankova. In qualifications, Paseka only performed on vault, where she showed a cleanly executed Cheng and a stunning Amanar despite difficulties in training. She qualified to the vault final in first place with an average score of 14.933 and then won the gold medal with a score of 14.850 in the final. She is the second Russian gymnast to win two world vault titles, and the first to do so consecutively.

Competitive history

Paseka and the Russian team with their Olympic silver medals after the women's team final on 9 August 2016
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2010 European Championships (junior) 1st 2nd
2011 Russian Cup 3rd 5th
Ghent World Cup 6th 5th
2012 National Championships 1st 3rd 7th
Switzerland vs. Great Britain vs. Russia 1st
European Championships 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 7th 6th
Olympic Games 2nd 3rd
2013 National Championships 2nd 1st 8th
European Championships 7th 3rd
Universiade 1st 3rd
Russian Cup 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd
2014 National Championships 2nd 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 3rd 5th
Massilia Cup (Master Massilia) 2nd 1st 5th
Voronin Cup 1st 2nd
2015 National Championships 2nd 2nd 3rd
European Championships 1st
Universiade 1st 1st 3rd
Rusudan Sikharulidze tournament 1st 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 1st 5th 2nd
World Championships 4th 1st
Toyota International Cup 1st
2016 National Championships 4th
Russian Cup 4th 1st
Olympic Games 2nd 2nd
2017 European Championships 4th
Universiade 1st 3rd
World Championships 1st
Year Competition Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2012 European Championships Brussels Team 2 175.536 2 172.562
Vault 9 14.149
Olympic Games London Team 2 178.530 2 180.429
Vault 3 15.050 3 15.049
Uneven Bars 79 0.000
2013 European Championships Moscow Vault 7 13.499 2 14.733
Uneven Bars 3 14.400 6 14.100
2015 European Championships Montpellier Vault 1 15.250 4 14.416
Uneven Bars 5 14.233
World Championships Glasgow Team 4 171.964 2 231.437
Vault 1 15.666 2 15.583
Uneven Bars 6 14.800
Floor Exercise 42 13.666
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro Team 2 176.688 3 174.620
Vault 2 15.253 4 15.049
2017 European Championships Cluj-Napoca Vault 4 14.283 2 14.412
World Championships Montreal Vault 1 14.850 1 14.933

See also

References

  1. ^ "2010 European Gymnastics Championships Results Book" (PDF). Birmingham, United Kingdom: European Union of Gymnastics. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Komova Caps Comeback with Russian Cup Gold". Intlgymnast.com. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  3. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Komova, Garibov Golden Again at Russian Cup". Intlgymnast.com. 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  4. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Russia Names Women's World Squad for Tokyo". Intlgymnast.com. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  5. ^ "Ghent World Cup Results". Figfront.lx2.sportcentric.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved 2012-08-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Russians Sweep Dinamo Cup in Penza". Intlgymnast.com. 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  7. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Moscow, Bondareva Peerless in Penza". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  8. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Mustafina Wins Again at Russian Nationals". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  9. ^ "2012 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships Results Book" (PDF). Brussels, Belgium: European Union of Gymnastics. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Moscow, Central Teams Win Russian Cup". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  11. ^ "International Gymnast Magazine Online – Mustafina, Ignatyev Golden at Russian Cup". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  12. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Results Book" (PDF). London, United Kingdom: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 7 August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 31, 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Bronze day for Russian gymnasts, RT.com, 5 August 2012, retrieved 7 August 2012
  14. ^ Turner, Amanda (5 March 2013). "Central Teams Win Russian Championships". Penza, Russia: International Gymanst Magazine Online. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  15. ^ Turner, Amanda (6 March 2013). "Ablyazin Wins Twice at Russian Championships". Penza, Russia: International Gymanst Magazine Online. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  16. ^ a b http://www.ueg.org/media/results/419/Summary_Results_WomSenC3.pdf[dead link]
  17. ^ http://www.ueg.org/media/results/393/Both_Vault_Results_WomSenC1.pdf[dead link]

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