Mariya Kuchina
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 January 1993 Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mariya Kuchina (Russian: Мария Александровна Кучина; born 14 January 1993) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
Kuchina won her first international medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she cleared a personal best of 1.85 m to take the silver medal behind Italian Alessia Trost.[1] She was also the silver medallist at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival and 2009 Gymnasiade.[2][3]
In the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, Kuchina won a gold medal in the girls' high jump with a clearance of 1.86 m, ahead of Alessia Trost.[4]
She started her 2011 season with a major scalp in the form of Yelena Slesarenko, who she defeated with an indoor best jump of 1.90 m.[5] A greater effort soon followed on the Moravia High Jump Tour meet in Třinec, as she cleared 1.97 m to claim the world junior indoor best which Desislava Aleksandrova had held since 1994.[6]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 2nd | 1.85 m |
| European Youth Olympics | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | 1.85 m | |
| 2010 | Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | 1st | 1.89 m |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 9th | 1.92 m |
| European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | 1.95 m | |
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 1.88 m |
| 2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 2nd | 1.96 m |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 1st | 2.00 m |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 2nd | 1.99 m | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Praha, Czech Republic | 1st | 1.97 m |
Personal bests
| Event | Best (m) | Venue | Date |
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| High jump (outdoor) | 2.00 m (6 ft 61⁄2 in) | Paris | 5 July 2014 |
| High jump (indoor) | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Stockholm | 6 February 2014 |
References
- ↑ 2009 World Youth Championships - High Jump - W Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-28.
- ↑ European Youth Olympic Festival 2009. WJAH. Retrieved on 2011-01-28.
- ↑ Qatar Embraces Gold in Doha 2009 Gymnasiade. Qatar Athletic Association (2009-12-10). Retrieved on 2011-01-28.
- ↑ "2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls high jump results (final)" (PDF). Atos Origin. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ↑ Nickolai Dolgopolov and Rostislav Orlov (2011-01-23). Kuchina foils Slesarenko’s comeback in Volgograd. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-28.
- ↑ Juck Alfons & Ramsak, Bob (2011-01-27). Kuchina clears 1.97m World junior best in Trinec. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-28.
External links
- Mariya Kuchina profile at IAAF
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| Preceded by Aníta Hinriksdóttir |
Women's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year 2014 |
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