Maria Paseka facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Maria PasekaМария Пасека |
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Paseka at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France
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| Full name | Maria Valeryevna Paseka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Masha, Beefarm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Russia |
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| Born | 19 July 1995 Moscow, Russia |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2010–2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MGFSO Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Olga Sikorro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Marina Gennadyevna Ulyankina, Nadezhda Galtsova, Vyacheslav Selifanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | Hasta Que Te Conocí by Juan Gabriel (2011-2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Maria Valeryevna Paseka (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born on July 19, 1995) is a talented Russian artistic gymnast. She was a key member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team. Maria is best known for her amazing skills on the vault.
Throughout her career, she won many medals on this apparatus. She earned two Olympic medals on vault: a silver in 2016 and a bronze in 2012. Maria also became a two-time world champion in 2015 and 2017. She also won two European titles in 2015 and 2019.
Maria Paseka also helped the Russian team win two silver medals. These were in the team competition at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Early Career in Gymnastics
Starting as a Junior
In 2010, Maria competed at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, UK. She helped the Russian team win the gold medal. In the vault final, she also won a silver medal.
Senior Gymnastics Career
First Senior Competitions (2011)
In August 2011, Maria competed at the Russian Cup. She placed third on vault. Later that year, she competed in Belgium and Russia, showing her skills on vault and floor exercise.
Olympic Debut in London (2012)
Maria competed at the Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in March 2012. Her strong vault performance helped the Moscow team win first place. In May, she helped the Russian team win a silver medal at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels.
At the end of July, Maria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She helped the Russian team win a silver medal in the team final. In the vault final, she won a bronze medal, which was a huge achievement!
European and Universiade Success (2013)
In 2013, Maria won her first Russian national title on vault. At the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars. She also competed in the vault final, finishing seventh.
In July, Maria competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan. She helped the Russian team win gold. She also won a bronze medal in the vault final.
Becoming a European and World Champion (2015)
Maria was not originally chosen for the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. However, she became a last-minute replacement due to another gymnast's injury. Even without practice on the competition floor, she qualified for the vault final. On April 18, she won the gold medal in the vault final. This was her first European vault medal.
Later in 2015, Maria competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She performed well on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Russia finished fourth in the team event. Maria qualified for the vault final and won the gold medal, becoming a world champion!
Double Silver at Rio Olympics (2016)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Maria won two silver medals. One was with the Russian team, and the other was for her individual vault performance. She performed a difficult vault called an Amanar, which helped her team. In the vault final, she performed two clean vaults to secure her silver medal. She was the first female gymnast since Ludmilla Tourischeva to win a vault medal in two Olympic Games in a row.
Second World Vault Title (2017)
Maria took some time off at the start of 2017 to recover from back pain. Despite this, she was chosen for the European Championships because of her strong vault skills. She finished fourth on vault there.
In August, Maria was selected for the World Championships. She performed a clean Cheng vault and an amazing Amanar vault. She qualified first for the vault final and then won the gold medal. This made her the second Russian gymnast to win two world vault titles, and the first to win them consecutively. In December, Maria had back surgery to help with her injury.
Comeback and More Gold (2019)
After recovering in 2018, Maria made a strong comeback in 2019. She won first place on vault at the 2019 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships. This earned her a spot on the team for the 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
At the European Championships, Maria won another gold medal on vault. She also competed in several World Cup events, winning a silver medal at the Doha World Cup. Later in 2019, she was part of the Russian team that won a silver medal at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Injury and Break (2020)
In early 2020, Maria competed in a few World Cup events. However, she injured her ankle in March. She decided to take a break from gymnastics to recover.
Major Achievements
Maria Paseka has won many important medals throughout her career:
- Olympic Games:
- 2012 London: Silver (Team), Bronze (Vault)
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Silver (Team), Silver (Vault)
- World Championships:
- 2015 Glasgow: Gold (Vault)
- 2017 Montreal: Gold (Vault)
- 2019 Stuttgart: Silver (Team)
- European Championships:
- 2012 Brussels: Silver (Team)
- 2013 Moscow: Bronze (Uneven Bars)
- 2015 Montpellier: Gold (Vault)
- 2019 Szczecin: Gold (Vault)
- Summer Universiade:
- 2013 Kazan: Gold (Team), Bronze (Vault)
- 2015 Gwangju: Gold (Team), Gold (Vault), Bronze (Uneven Bars)
- 2017 Taipei: Gold (Team), Bronze (Vault)
Images for kids
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Maria Paseka performing a vault.
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Maria Paseka during her vault routine.
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Maria Paseka on the podium at the 2015 European Championships.
See also
In Spanish: Mariya Paseka para niños
