Maria Sergeeva (rhythmic gymnast)

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Maria Sergeeva
— Gymnast —
Alternative name(s) Mariia Sergeeva
Country represented  Russia
Born (2001-02-07) February 7, 2001
St.Petersburg, Russia
Hometown St.Petersburg, Russia
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Junior
Gym Novogorsk
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Amina Zaripova
Former coach(es) Irina Pomysova

Maria Sergeeva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Сергеева, born March 26, 2003 in St.Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 European Junior Hoop champion. At national level she is the 2016 Russian Junior all-around bronze medalist.

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.

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.
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