Mariya Livchikova

Mariya Livchikova
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Full name Mariya Livchikova
Nickname(s) Masha
Country represented  Ukraine
Born (1995-04-28) April 28, 1995
Horlivka, Ukraine
Hometown Donetsk, Ukraine
Residence Kiev, Ukraine
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2009-2014
Head coach(es) Igor Korobchynskyy
Former coach(es) Olena Anatolyana
Choreographer Olena Zhuykova
Music 2011-2012 Leelos Tune by Maksim Mrvica
Retired 2014 [1]

Mariya Livchikova (Ukrainian: Марія Лівчікова, born 28 April 1995) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.

Personal life

Mariya Livchikova was born on the 28th of April, 1995 in Horlivka, Ukraine. She started gymnastics when she was 7 years old.[2] Her mother, Oksana Viktorovna, is a former figure skater.[3]

Gymnastics career

2011

Livchikova made her senior debut at the Cottbus World Cup. However, she did not qualify for any of the event finals.[4] She then went to the Ghent World Cup where she won silver on balance beam and gold on floor exercise.[5]

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.[6]

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.[2] The Ukrainian team performed very poorly in the qualification round. They finished 19th with a score of 204.229.[7] This meant that Ukraine did not qualify for the London Test Event, and they could only send one female gymnast to the 2012 Olympics.[8]

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.[9]

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.[8]

At the 2012 European Championships, Livchikova contributed an all-around score of 52.999 in qualification to help Ukraine's 10th place finish.[10] She qualified seventh on floor with a score of 14.000.[11] Livchikova finished sixth in the floor final with a score of 13.466.[12]

At the 2012 Brno Grand Prix, she scored a 15.250 on beam, and won the mixed-pairs competition with teammate Maxim Semiankiv [13]

2013

At the 2013 WOGA Classic, Livchikova placed second in the all-around and third on beam and floor.[14]

Livchikova suffered another ACL injury and could not compete at the 2013 European Championship.[15] Although Livchikova had resumed training, she was not ready for the 2013 World Championships, and did not compete.[16]

2014

During training in August 2014, Mariya tore her ACL for a third time and required more surgery.[17] This injury will take her out of the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[18] 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.[1][19]

Competitive History

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2011 Ghent World Cup 2nd 1st
2012 European Championships 10th 6th
2012 Brno Grand Prix 1st
2013 WOGA Classic 4th 2nd 5th 6th 3rd 3rd
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2012 European Championships Brussels All-Around 15 52.999
Uneven Bars 33 13.033
Balance Beam 54 12.200
Floor Exercise 6 13.466 8 14.000

References

  1. 1 2 "Livchikova Retires". Full Twist. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 Owen, Alan. "Biography of Mariya Livchikova". Mariya Livchikova the Official Website. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "TCG Ten (well…nine) Questions: Mariya Livchikova". The Couch Gymnast. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cottbus World Cup 2011 – Results". GymNiceTic. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ghent World Cup Finals Videos and Results". Between The Olympics. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "4th European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Team Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. FIG. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  8. 1 2 Minguillon, Albert (13 March 2013). "Nakonechnyi, Sankova win Ukrainian Cup". The All-Around. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Resurgence of Mariya Livchikova and News". Beautiful Gymnastics. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Team Results Senior Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Results Senior Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Results Senior Apparatus Finals" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ukrainian Duo Best Field at Brno Grand Prix". International Gymnast Magazine Online. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "WOGA Classic Int Elite Session 2013". World Olympic Gymnastics Academy. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "ACL Injury". Mariya Livchikova The Official Website. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  16. ↑ "World Championship". Mariya Livchikova The Official Website. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "ACL Tear #3 for Livchikova". Full Twist. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "Injury During Training". Mariya Livchikova The Official Website. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  19. ↑ http://chattygymnast.com/2015/05/27/the-ones-that-got-away-part-one/
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