Alternative name(s) Mariia Sergeeva Hometown St.Petersburg, Russia Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics Home town Saint Petersburg | Nickname(s) Masha Weight 40 kg (88 lb) Level Senior elite Country represented Russia | |
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Born February 7, 2001 (age 16)
St.Petersburg, Russia ( 2001-02-07 ) | ||
Maria Sergeeva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Сергеева, born February 7, 2001 in St.Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 European Junior Hoop champion. At national level she is the 2016 Russian Junior all-around bronze medalist.
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Personal life
Maria has a twin sister, Anastasia Sergeeva who is also a rhythmic gymnast.
Junior
Sergeeva and her twin sister were enrolled to a gymnastics club in St.Petersburg by their mother; her first coach was Irina Pomysova, later she would join the official team in St. Petersburg after being noticed by Amina Zaripova, not long after she was invited by Zaripova to train in Russia's national center in Novogorsk.
She competed in the prestigious Russian rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 2014 Hope of Russia, where she won the all-around bronze. Sergeeva made her junior international debut at the 2015 Moscow Junior Grand Prix. Sergeeva won silver in all-around at the 2015 Budapest Junior World Cup and with Team Russia winning the gold (with teammates Alina Ermolova, Daria Pridannikova and Anna Sokolova). She also won team gold (with Daria Pridannikova, Alina Ermolova, Anna Sokolova) at the Junior World Cup in Kazan. She finished 8th in the all-around at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
In 2016 Season, Sergeeva won the all-around bronze at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships. She competed at the Brno Junior Grand Prix winning team silver and at the Junior World Cup in Guadalajara, she won silver in team and event finals: gold in rope, clubs and silver in hoop. She was selected to compete at the 2016 European Junior Championships where she won team gold (with Alina Ermolova and Polina Shmatko), she qualified in hoop finals and won the gold medal. On September 9-11, Sergeeva together with seniors Margarita Mamun and Aleksandra Soldatova represented team Gazprom at the annual 2016 Aeon Cup in Tokyo, where they won the team gold and with Sergeeva winning the junior all-around title.
Senior
In 2017, Sergeeva made her senior debut in the season competing at the Moscow International tournament.