| Maria Kryuchkova | |
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 Kryuchkova at the 2004 Olympic Games | |
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Full name |
Maria Evgenevna Kryuchkova |
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Country represented |
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Born |
July 7, 1988 |
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Died |
March 8, 2015 (age 26) |
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Years on National Team |
2000-2004 |
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Current status |
Deceased |
Maria Evgenevna Kryuchkova (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Крючкова; name sometimes written Maria Krioutchkova; July 7, 1988 - March 8, 2015) was a Russian gymnast. She is Junior European Champion with the team, and won bronze with her team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Career[]
Kryuchkova competed at the 2002 European Championships in Patras, Greece, winning team gold and placing sixth on floor. In 2003, she won team bronze at the WOGA Classic in Texas, USA. Later that year, she swept the Friendship Classic. In 2004, she did not make the Russian team for the European Championships, but won gold on floor, and placed fifth in the all-around and eighth on vault at the Russian Cup. She was named to the Russian team for the Olympic Games in Athens, where she contributed to a team bronze medal.
Kryuchkova retired after Athens. She passed away on March 8, 2015, four months before her twenty-seventh birthday.[1]
Medal Count[]
| Year | Event | TF | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2002 | Patras European Championships | 1st | 6 | ||||
| 2003 | WOGA Classic | 3rd | |||||
| Friendship Classic | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2004 | Russian Cup | 5 | 8 | 1st | |||
| Athens Olympic Games | 3rd |