Maria Sergeeva (gymnast)

Maria Yurievna Sergeeva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Сергеева, born February 7, 2001 in St.Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 Grand Prix Final All-around bronze medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2016 European Junior Hoop champion. At national level she is the 2016 Russian Junior all-around bronze medalist.

This article is about the rhythmic gymnast. For the Russian-Estonian figure skater, see Maria Sergejeva. For other uses, see Maria Sergeyeva.
Maria Sergeeva
Full nameMaria Yurievna Sergeeva
Alternative name(s)Mariia Sergeeva
Nickname(s)Masha
Country represented Russia
Born (2001-02-07) February 7, 2001
St.Petersburg, Russia
HometownSt.Petersburg, Russia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight40 kg (88 lb)
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
LevelSenior elite
Years on national team2015-present
ClubGazprom
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Amina Zaripova
Former coach(es)Irina Pomysova
Medal record
Grand Prix Final
2018 MarbellaHoop
World Cup
2018 BakuAll-Around
2018 PortimaoAll-Around
Junior European Championships
2016 HolonHoop
2016 HolonTeam

Personal life

Maria has a twin sister, Anastasia Sergeeva, who is also a rhythmic gymnast.[1]

Career

Junior

Sergeeva and her twin sister were enrolled to a gymnastics club in St.Petersburg by their mother; her first coach was Irina Pomysova, later she would join the official team in St. Petersburg after being noticed by Amina Zaripova, not long after she was invited by Zaripova to train in Russia's national center in Novogorsk.

She competed in the prestigious Russian rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 2014 Hope of Russia, where she won the all-around bronze. Sergeeva made her junior international debut at the 2015 Moscow Junior Grand Prix. Sergeeva won silver in all-around at the 2015 Budapest Junior World Cup and with Team Russia winning the gold (with teammates Alina Ermolova, Daria Pridannikova and Anna Sokolova). She also won team gold (with Daria Pridannikova, Alina Ermolova, Anna Sokolova) at the Junior World Cup in Kazan. She finished 8th in the all-around at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.

In 2016 Season, Sergeeva won the all-around bronze at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships. She competed at the Brno Junior Grand Prix winning team silver and at the Junior World Cup in Guadalajara, she won silver in team and event finals: gold in rope, clubs and silver in hoop. She was selected to compete at the 2016 European Junior Championships where she won team gold (with Alina Ermolova and Polina Shmatko), she qualified in hoop finals and won the gold medal.[2][3] On September 9–11, Sergeeva together with seniors Margarita Mamun and Aleksandra Soldatova represented team Gazprom at the annual 2016 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, where they won the team gold and with Sergeeva winning the junior all-around title.

Senior

In 2017, Sergeeva made her senior debut in the season competing at the Moscow International tournament. She then competed at the MTM Ljubljana Tournament where she finished 4th in the all-around, Sergeeva qualified in the apparatus finals in ball: 4th place and ribbon: silver medal. On May 5–7, Sergeeva competed in her first World Cup event at the 2017 Sofia World Cup placing 12th in the all-around and qualifying in the hoop final finishing in 7th place.

In 2018, Sergeeva started the season with a competition at the 2018 Moscow Senior International tournament finishing 4th in the all-around behind Anastasiia Salos. Sergeeva placed 4th in the all-around behind Ekaterina Selezneva at the 2018 Russian Championships held in Sochi. She made her debut in the Grand Prix at the 2018 Kiev Grand Prix where she won bronze in all-around. She qualified to all apparatus finals, winning won gold with hoop and clubs, bronze with ball and 4th in ribbon. On April 7–8, she competed at the RG Tournament Irina Cup in Warsaw, Poland where she won gold in the all-around with a total of 71.200 points. On April 27–29, Sergeeva made her World Cup debut at the 2018 Baku World Cup where she won with a total of 69.050 ahead of Ukraine's Vlada Nikolchenko. She qualified in all apparatus finals and won gold in hoop, ribbon, silver in ball and bronze in clubs.[4] On May 11–13, Sergeeva continued building up her success at the 2018 Portimao World Challenge Cup where she won another gold in the all-around (69.300), she qualified in all apparatus finals and won 3 gold medals in hoop(18.750), clubs (17.900), ribbon(17.700) and bronze in ball(17.750).

Routine music information
Year Apparatus Music title
2020 Hoop Story of an Unknown Actor by Alfred Schnittke
Ball Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Clubs Faradenza by Little Big
Ribbon El Anillo by Jennifer Lopez
2019 Hoop La bohème by Giacomo Puccini
Ball Symphonic Dances by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Clubs Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson
Ribbon Qué Pena by Maluma, J Balvin
2018 Hoop Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ball The Last Time music from Damage by Zbigniew Preisner
Clubs Asturias by David Garrett
Ribbon María de Buenos Aires (Yo soy Maria) music from Ástor Piazzolla and libretto Horacio Ferrer by Sandra Rumolino
2017 Hoop Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39 by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ball The Last Time music from Damage by Zbigniew Preisner
Clubs A New Life music from The Truman Show by Burkhard Dallwitz
Ribbon María de Buenos Aires (Yo soy Maria) music from Ástor Piazzolla and libretto Horacio Ferrer by Sandra Rumolino

References
  1. "Мария Сергеева". rg-journal.ru. 30 July 2016.
  2. "Double gold for Russia on day 2 of Rhythmic Europeans". European Union of Gymnastics. 18 June 2016.
  3. "Israel exceeds expectations at their first ever European Championships". European Union of Gymnastics. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. "Maria Sergeeva (RUS) claims 3 titles in Baku". European Union of Gymnastics. 30 April 2018.
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