Maria Paseka

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Maria Paseka
— Gymnast —
File:2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Vault - Maria Paseka 01.jpg
Paseka at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France.
Personal information
Full name Maria Valeryevna Paseka
Nickname(s) Masha[1]
Country represented  Russia
Born (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 28)
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) Olga Sikorro
Former coach(es) Marina Gennadyevna Ulyankina, Nadezhda Galtsova, Vyacheslav Selifanov
Music Hasta Que Te Conoci by Juan Gabriel (2011-2012)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 1 0 0
European Championships 1 1 1
Summer Universiade 3 0 2
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Vault
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Vault
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Montpellier Vault
Silver medal – second place 2012 Brussels Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Moscow Uneven Bars
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Uneven Bars

Maria Valeryevna Paseka (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World, 2015 European and 2015 Universiade champion on vault. Paseka competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal with the Russian team and an individual bronze medal on the vault.

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.[2]

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.[3][4] Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko said, "In Yekaterinburg, she did not perform vault very well, but she has very difficult and high-level gymnastics."[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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

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.[10]

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

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.[13] 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."[14]

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

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.[17] She qualified for the vault final in second place with a score of 14.733.[18] However, in the final she fell on both her vaults and finished in 7th place with a score of 13.499.[17]

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.

2015

File:2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Vault - Maria Paseka 03.jpg
Paseka during the 2015 European Championships vault final

Originally Maria Paseka was not chosen to compete in the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France. However, due to the injuries of Alla Sosnitskaya, Paseka was decided to be the last minute replacement for her. Paseka arrived in Montpellier after the podium training, so she started the competition without it. Nevertheless, she managed to qualify with 14.416, the fourth highest score, into the vault final, competing a Cheng vault with a difficulty score of 6.4 as her first vault and an Amanar with a 6.3 difficulty score as her second vault. She also gained a score which would have allowed her to enter the uneven bars final (14.233); however, she gave up her place due to the two per country rule.

In the vault final held on 18 April, Paseka won the gold medal with a score 15.250. This was her first European vault medal. With the victory, she defeated the defending 2-time European vault champion Giulia Steingruber. Her teammate, Ksenia Afanasyeva, won the bronze.

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Paseka competed vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise for the Russian team both in qualifications and in the final, all of which she performed cleanly. Unfortunately, due to mistakes by her teammates on the uneven bars and balance beam, Russia narrowly missed the podium, finishing in fourth place. However, Paseka qualified for the vault finals and also earned a score which would have allowed her to compete in the uneven bars final but lost her place because of two per country rule, with Daria Spiridonova and Viktoria Komova placing above her in qualifications.

In the vault final, Paseka won the gold medal, defeating the reigning world champion on vault, Hong Un Jong, who won silver. She competed a Cheng and an Amanar, as did Hong.

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2010 European Championships (Junior) 1st 2nd
2011 Russian Cup 3rd 5th
Ghent World Cup 6th 5th
2012 National Championships 1st 3rd 7th
Switzerland vs. Great Britain vs. Russia 1st
European Championships 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 7th 6th
Olympic Games 2nd 3rd
2013 National Championships 2nd 1st 8th
European Championships 7th 3rd
Universiade 1st 3rd
Russian Cup 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd
2014 National Championships 2nd 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 3rd 5th
Massilia Cup (Master Massilia) 2nd 1st 5th
Voronin Cup 1st 2nd
2015 National Championships 2nd 2nd 3rd WD
European Championships 1st
Universiade 1st 1st 3rd
Rusudan Sikharulidze tournament 1st 2nd
Russian Cup 1st 1st 5th 2nd
World Championships 4th 1st
Toyota International Cup 1st
2016 National Championships 4th
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2012 European Championships Brussels Team 2 175.536 2 172.562
Vault 9 14.149
Olympic Games London Team 2 178.530 2 180.429
Vault 3 15.050 3 15.049
Uneven Bars 79 0.000
2013 European Championships Moscow Vault 7 13.499 2 14.733
Uneven Bars 3 14.400 6 14.100
2015 European Championships Montpellier Vault 1 15.250 4 14.416
Uneven Bars 5 14.233
World Championships Glasgow Team 4 171.964 2 231.437
Vault 1 15.666 2 15.583
Uneven Bars 6 14.800
Floor Exercise 42 13.666

See also

References

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