Maria Shurochkina

Maria Shurochkina
Personal information
Full name Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina
National team  Russia
Born (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Synchronized swimming

Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina (Russian: Мария Владимировна Шурочкина, born 30 June 1995) is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming.

She has won 6 gold medals at World Aquatics Championships, 3 in 2013 and 3 in 2015. She also won a gold medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships, as well as 2 gold medals at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

She is the younger sister of pop superstar Nyusha.

Awards

  • Honored Master of Sports of Russia (31 December 2013).[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Приказ «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России“»
  2. ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25.08.2016 № 429 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
  3. ↑ Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 19.07.2013 № 277-рп «О поощрении» Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
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