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Maria Shurochkina

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Maria Shurochkina
Shurochkina in 2021
Personal information
Full nameMaria Vladimirovna Shurochkina
National team Russia
Born (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29)[1]
Moscow, Russia[1]
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesSynchronised swimming
ClubMGFSO[1]
CoachTatiana Pokrovskaya
Yekaterina Piskareva
Yelena Polyanskaya[1]

Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina (Russian: Мария Владимировна Шурочкина, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə ˈʂurətɕkʲɪnə]; born 30 June 1995) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming.

She has won six gold medals at World Aquatics Championships, three in 2013 and three in 2015. She also won a gold medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, as well as two gold medals at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

Shurochkina is the younger sister of pop superstar Nyusha. Their father, Vladimir Shurochkin, is a musician and music producer, and former member of boyband Laskovyi Mai. Their mother, Oksana Baranovskaya, is a former competitive artistic gymnast. In 2017 Shurochkina had opened her dance school in Moscow.[1]

Awards

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  • Honored Master of Sports of Russia (31 December 2013).[2]
  • Order of Friendship (25 August 2016) – for outstanding sports achievements at the Games XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), manifested the will to win and determination.[3]
  • Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (19 July 2013) – for outstanding sports achievements at the XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.[4]
  • Order of Honour (11 September 2021)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e SHUROCHKINA Maria. olympics.com
  2. ^ "Приказ «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России"»" [Order "On conferring the honorary sports title "Honored Master of Sports of Russia"]. minsport.gov.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25.08.2016 № 429 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»" [Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of August 25, 2016 No. 429 "On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation"]. pravo.gov.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 19.07.2013 № 277-рп «О поощрении»" [Order of the President of the Russian Federation dated 07.19.2013 No. 277-rp "On Encouragement"]. pravo.gov.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
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