Maria Paseka

Maria Paseka: Biography in Details

Who is Maria Paseka?

Maria Paseka is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World Champion, 2015 European Champion, and 2015 Universiade champion on vault. Paseka competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal with the Russian team and an individual bronze medal on the vault.

She won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver medal on the vault. Paseka is the first female gymnast since Ludmilla Tourischeva to medal on vault in two consecutive Olympic Games.

Maria Paseka: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Paseka was born Maria Valeryevna Paseka on 19 July 1995, in Moscow, Russia. She is 26 years old. Her nationality is Russian and her ethnicity is Asian-European.

Her mother’s name is Anna Kleshcheva and her birth name is Maria Valeryevna Paseka. Other than this, nothing much information is known to the mainstream media yet.

In which school did Maria Paseka attend?

This includes the whereabouts of her parents, siblings, early childhood and teenage days, her educational background and qualification, etc. She, however, may have played gymnastics from school life, later going on to continue.

Maria Paseka: Professional Life and Career

In 2010 April, Maria Paseka competed at the European Championships in Birmingham, UK. She contributed an all-around score of 55.850 toward the Russian team’s first-place finish. In the vault final, she won the silver medal.

In 2011 August, she competed at the Russian Cup in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She placed third on the vault and fifth on the floor. The same year in September, Paseka competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She placed sixth on the vault and fifth on the floor. Later in September, she competed at the Dinamo International in Russia. She placed second on the vault and third on the floor.

In March, she competed at the Russian National Championships in Russia. Paseka competed at the European Championships in Brussels, Belgium in May. The Russian team bragged about a second-place finish. In June, she competed in the Russian Cup in Russia. The Moscow team bragged the first-place finish. In event finals, she placed seventh on vault and uneven bars. At the end of July, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the team final, the Russian team had a second-place finish. In the vault final, she won the bronze medal.

In 2012 March, Paseka competed at the Russian Championships in Russia. In event finals, she placed first on vault and eighth on uneven bars. In April, she competed at the European Championships in Russia and won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final. She qualified for the vault final in second place.

However, in the final, she fell on both her vaults and finished in 7th place. In July, she competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan together with her teammates. The Russian team had a first-place finish, and in doing so, qualified first for to vault finals. She won bronze in the vault final.

Originally she was not chosen to compete in the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. However, due to the injuries of Alla Sosnitskaya, she was decided to be the last-minute replacement for her.

In the vault final, she won the gold medal. With the victory, she defeated the defending 2-time European vault champion Giulia Steingruber.

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she competed in the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise for the Russian team both in qualifications and in the final.

Due to mistakes by her teammates on the uneven bars and balance beam, Russia narrowly missed the podium, finishing in fourth place. In the vault final, Paseka won the gold medal, defeating the reigning world champion in the vault, Hong Un-jong.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Paseka won 2 silver medals: 1 for vault and 1 with the Russian team. During the team finals, she competed only on vault. In the vault finals, she did two clean vaults to clinch the silver.

Maria Paseka: Salary and Net Worth 2024

Her salary and net worth are not known. But looking at her successful career, this gymnast must have decent earnings and a lavish lifestyle.

Is Maria Paseka involved in any rumors and controversies?

She was rumored to be injured before the Rio Olympics. Paseka was also rumored to be out of the World Championships due to her back injury.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Maria Paseka has a height of 5 feet 4 inches. Her body weighs 53kg. She has blonde hair and light blue eyes.

Social Media

Maria Paseka is active on Instagram. She has more than 125k followers on Instagram. Furthermore, she is inactive on Facebook and Twitter.

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