Maria Smirnova (gymnast)

Maria Smirnova
Alternative name(s)Mariia Smirnova
Country represented Azerbaijan
Former countries represented Russia
Born (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 29)
Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2014-2018 (AZE)

Maria Smirnova (born 13 October 1995) is a retired Russian-born artistic gymnast who competed internationally for Azerbaijan. She competed at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships[1]

Career

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Smirnova finished fifteenth in the all-around at the 2010 Russian Cup.[2] She finished twenty-first in the all-around and fifth on vault at the 2012 Russian Championships.[3] At the 2013 Russian Championships, Smirnova competed for the Volga Federal District, and they won the team bronze medal, and she finished fifteenth in the all-around final. She also finished sixth in the vault final and seventh in the floor exercise final.[4]

In 2014, Smirnova switched from Russia to competing for Azerbaijan along with Anna Pavlova, Marina Nekrasova, and Yulia Inshina, and these gymnasts formed Azerbaijan's first women's artistic gymnastics national team in seventeen years.[5] They competed at the 2014 European Championships where they finished sixteenth in the qualification round.[6] The same team then competed at the World Championships where they finished thirtieth in the qualification round.[7]

Smirnova competed at the 2015 European Championships, and she finished fifty-ninth in the all-around during the qualification round.[8] Then at the World Championships, and she finished 102nd in the all-around during the qualification round.[9]

At the 2016 Baku World Cup, Smirnova finished sixth in the vault event final.[10] She then competed at the European Championships with Yulia Inshina and Marina Nekrasova, and they finished twentieth in the qualification round.[11]

Smirnova competed at the 2017 Baku World Cup on vault, but she did not qualify for the event final.[12] She missed the rest of the season due to a leg injury that required surgery.[13]

Smirnova competed at the 2018 European Championships with Yulia Inshina and Marina Nekrasova, but she injured her knee during the qualification round on the uneven bars and withdrew from the rest of the competition.[14] This was her final competition.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "SMIRNOVA Mariia". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's Individual All-Around Final 2010 Artistic Gymnastics Russian Cup Chelyabinsk (RUS)". Gymnastics Results. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (24 March 2012). "2012 Russian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (8 March 2013). "2013 Russian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijan offers last-minute lifeline to abandoned Russian gymnasts". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors Qualifications for CIII & CIV" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Women's Qualifications" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ "46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Altay Hasanov on results of the World Cup at the Artistic Gymnastics in Baku: the holiday became a success". Vestnik Kavkaza. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  11. ^ "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Qualifications" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  12. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 March 2017). "2017 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Azerbaijani gymnast hopes to show good result at FIG World Cup in Baku". AzerNews. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  14. ^ "YULIA INSHINA: I'LL BE COMPETING FOR EVERYONE ELSE". Gymnovosti. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Mariia Smirnova". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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