Maria Tolkacheva
| Maria Tolkacheva | |
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Tolkacheva in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva |
| Nickname | Masha |
| Born | 8 August 1997 |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics |
Country represented | (2013-2021) |
| Gym | Novogorsk |
Head coach | Irina Viner |
Assistant coach | Anna Shumilova |
Medal record | |
Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə təlkɐˈtɕɵvə]; born 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
[edit]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 İzmir.
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.
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]
In 2018, Maria began her season at the 2018 Grand Prix Moscow: they won gold in group all-around, 3 balls + 2 ropes and silver medal in 5 hoops. She suffered an injury but she came back at the 2018 Grand Prix Holon winning gold in all-around and with balls and ropes. They competed at the 2018 European Championships in Guadalajara, Spain winning gold in the all-around competition and bronze with 5 hoops.
From October 29 to 31, she competed at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, together with the team formed by Alisa Tishchenko, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Polina Orlova and Angelina Shkatova and won gold in the team competition for the fifth time in a row, ahead of Italy and Belarus. They also won team gold (along with individuals, Dina and Arina Averina), gold in the 5-ball final, and silver (behind Italy) in the mixed final.[3][4]
Since 2025, she has been working as a coach of Russian national group.
Detailed Olympic results
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ↑ "I. EUROPEAN GAMES 2015 - RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS". Gymmedia. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold". Reuters. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Team All-Around Competition". Longines Timing. International Gymnastics Federation. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Maria Tolkacheva at World Gymnastics
- Maria Tolkacheva at Olympics.com
- Maria Tolkacheva at Olympic.org (archived)
- Mariya Tolkachova at Olympedia
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Russian rhythmic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts for Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
- Medalists at the 2015 European Games
- Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in gymnastics
- European Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
- European Games bronze medalists for Russia
- Sportspeople from Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast
- Gymnasts from Moscow Oblast
- 21st-century Russian sportswomen
