Mariya Shubina

Mariya Timofeyevna Shubina (Russian: Мария Тимофеевна Шубина, born 12 May 1930) is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. She won the K-2 500 m gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Shubina also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 500 m: 1963, K-2 500 m: 1958, K-4 500 m: 1963, 1966) and two silvers (K-2 500 m: 1963, 1966).[1][2][3]

Mariya Shubina
Personal information
Born (1930-05-12) 12 May 1930
Protasovo, Ichalkovsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubSpartak Vladivostok
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1960 RomeK-2 500 m
World Championships
1958 PragueK-2 500 m
1963 JajceK-1 500 m
1963 JajceK-4 500 m
1963 JajceK-2 500 m
1966 East BerlinK-4 500 m
1966 East BerlinK-2 500 m

Shubina was born in a family of a phone communications engineer in Mordovia. In 1944 she enrolled to a gynecology school, and after graduating worked at a regional hospital. A keen cross-country skier and runner, she used to ski or run to work. In 1950 she enrolled to Kazan State Medical University, where she continued training and competing in ski and athletics. Her first canoe race was accidental – she was asked to replace a missing teammate; she did not even know how to swim. A canoe coach noticed her then and convinced to start training.[4]

In 1956 Shubina graduated from the Kazan University, and later studied sport medicine in Saint Petersburg. Since 1964 she lives in Volgograd, together with her husband and sons Konstantin and Mikhail. In 1975 she defended a PhD in medicine.[5][4]

References
  1. Mariya Shubina. Sports-reference.com
  2. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 Archived 21 January 2009 at WebCite. canoeicf.com
  3. ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 Archived 9 November 2009 at WebCite. canoeicf.com
  4. V. A. Shurygina (7 May 2010) Олимпийская чемпионка – Мария Шубина. State Museum of Mordovia
  5. Шубина Мария Тимофеевна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia


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