Maria Paseka

Maria Paseka
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Full name	Maria Valeryevna Paseka
Nickname(s)	Masha[1]
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Dynamo Gymnastics Club
Gym	"Lake Krugloe"
Head coach(es)	Marina Gennadyevna Ulyankina
Former coach(es)	Nadezhda Galtsova and Vyacheslav Selifanov
Music	Hasta Que Te Conoci by Juan Gabriel (2011-2012)
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Team Bronze 2012 London Vault European Championships Silver 2012 Brussels Team Bronze 2013 Moscow Uneven Bars Summer Universiade Gold 2013 Kazan Team Bronze 2013 Kazan Vault

Maria Valeryevna Paseka (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека) (born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal on vault and the silver medal with the Russian team.

She's a Russian Merited Master of Sport and member of the current Russian National team.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4][5] Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko said, "In Yekaterinburg, she did not perform vault very well, but she has very difficult and high-level gymnastics."^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9] In event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 14.120 and seventh on uneven bars scoring 11.440.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12] In event finals, she placed seventh on vault scoring 11.925 and seventh on uneven bars scoring 13.175.^[13]

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.^[14] 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."^[15]

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.^[16] In event finals, she placed first on vault scoring 13.475 and eight on uneven bars scoring 11.725.^[17]

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.^[18] She qualified for the vault final in second place with a score of 14.733.^[19] However, in the final she fell on both her vaults and finished in 7th place with a score of 13.499.^[18]

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 score of 14.950 points.

References

External links

• Maria Paseka at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique