Full name Mariya Livchikova Name Mariya Livchikova Nickname(s) Masha | Retired 2014 Years on national team 2009-2014 Country represented Ukraine | |
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Level Senior International Elite | ||
Mariya LIVCHIKOVA UKR, Floor Senior Qualification, European Gymnastics Championships 2012
Mariya Livchikova - gymnastics montage.
Mariya Livchikova (Ukrainian: Марія Лівчікова, born 28 April 1995) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.
Contents
- Mariya LIVCHIKOVA UKR Floor Senior Qualification European Gymnastics Championships 2012
- Mariya Livchikova gymnastics montage
- Personal life
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- Retirement
- References
Personal life
Mariya Livchikova was born on the 28th of April, 1995 in Horlivka, Ukraine. She started gymnastics when she was 7 years old. Her mother, Oksana Viktorovna, is a former figure skater.
2011
Livchikova made her senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup. However, she did not qualify for any of the event finals. She then went to the Ghent World Cup where she won silver on balance beam and gold on floor exercise.
At the 2011 European Championships, Livchikova earned scores of 12.700 on vault 11.150 on beam, and 13.600 on floor in the qualification round. None of her scores were good enough to qualify into an event final.
At the 2011 World Championships, Livchikova was injured after podium training. Her injury turned out to be an ACL injury, and it prevented Livchikova from competing for the remainder of the season. The Ukrainian team performed very poorly in the qualification round. They finished 19th with a score of 204.229. This meant that Ukraine did not qualify for the London Test Event, and they could only send one female gymnast to the 2012 Olympics.
2012
Livchikova was originally one of the favorites to compete at the 2012 Olympics for Ukraine, but her ACL injury at the 2011 World Championships prevented her from competing. Mariya was too injured to compete for Ukraine's single spot, so it went to Natalia Kononenko.
At the 2012 Ukrainian Cup, Livchikova didn't perform her most difficult routines, but she still finished second in the all-around with a score of 55.500.
At the 2012 European Championships, Livchikova contributed an all-around score of 52.999 in qualification to help Ukraine's 10th place finish. She qualified seventh on floor with a score of 14.000. Livchikova finished sixth in the floor final with a score of 13.466.
At the 2012 Brno Grand Prix, she scored a 15.250 on beam, and won the mixed-pairs competition with teammate Maxim Semiankiv
2013
At the 2013 WOGA Classic, Livchikova placed second in the all-around and third on beam and floor.
Livchikova suffered another ACL injury and could not compete at the 2013 European Championship. Although Livchikova had resumed training, she was not ready for the 2013 World Championships, and did not compete.
2014
During training in August 2014, Mariya tore her ACL for a third time and required more surgery. This injury will take her out of the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Throughout the whole 2014 season, Mariya didn't compete once because of injury.
Retirement
On October 21st 2014, it was announced that Livchikova would retire from gymnastics, owing to the injuries she had sustained throughout her career. She will now focus on studies and becoming a gymnastics coach.