Maria Tolkacheva

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevna and the family name is Tolkacheva.
Maria Tolkacheva
Maria Tolkacheva in 2016
Personal information
Full nameMaria Yuryevna Tolkacheva
Nickname(s)Masha
Born (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)
Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Russia
Years on national team2013
LevelSenior International Elite
GymNovogorsk
Head coach(es)Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)Anna Shumilova
Medal record
Group Rhythmic Gymnastics
International gymnastics competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 11 4 1
European Championships 5 1 1
European Games 3 0 1
Total 22 5 3
Representing RGF
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Izmir 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pesaro Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2017 Pesaro 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Gold medal – first place 2018 Sofia Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pesaro 5 Hoops
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sofia 3 Balls + 2 Ropes
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku 5 Balls
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Group All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 5 Ribbons
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 5 Balls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk Group All-around
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Baku 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls
Gold medal – first place 2016 Holon Group All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Guadalajara Group All-around
Silver medal – second place 2014 Baku 10 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guadalajara 5 Hoops

Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə təlkɐˈtɕɵvə]; born (1997-08-08)8 August 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time (2015, 2017-2019) World Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion and three-time European Championships (2014, 2016, 2018) Group all-around gold medalist.

Career

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She started training rhythmic gymnastics at age four in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian Federation.[citation needed] Tolkacheva became an official member of the Russian national group in the 2014 season, she was member of the Russian group that won group all-around gold at the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, where they finished 4th in group all-around and won gold in 2Ribbon + 3Balls.[citation needed]

In 2015, Tolkacheva and the Russian group competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games, taking gold in group all-around and 5 ribbons.[1] They ended their season by winning gold in Group all-around at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, as well as gold in 6 Clubs/2 Hoops and silver in 5 Ribbons. At these Worlds, Russia finally regained the gold medal in the all-around competition, after eight years, the last time they won the group competition was at the 2007 World Championships held in Patras, Greece.[citation needed]

In 2016, Tolkacheva and the Russian group won group gold at the 2016 European Championships in Holon, Israel. On August 19–21, Tolkacheva was member of the golden winning Russian group (together with Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Detailed Olympic results

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Year Competition Description Location Music Apparatus Rank Score-Final Rank Score-Qualifying
2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro All-around 1st 36.233 2nd 35.516
L'adoration De La Terre, Le Sacrifice - Danse Sacrale, Time, Forward!
Igor Stravinsky, Moscow New Choir, Elena Rastvora, Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra & Alexander Vedernikov 		6 Clubs / 2 Hoops 1st 18.633 6th 17.233
Samba do Brasil, Those Were The Days
by Bellini, Gruppa Na-Na 		5 Ribbons 3rd 17.600 1st 18.283

References

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  1. ^ "I. EUROPEAN GAMES 2015 - RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS". Gymmedia. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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