Maria Bocharova (also spelled Mariia Bocharova; Russian: Мария Бочарова; born 23 February 2002) is a Russian beach volleyball player.[2] Partnered with Maria Voronina, she is the 2018 Youth Olympic champion among girls.[3]
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| Full name | Maria Aleksandrovna Voronina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 February 2002 Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Obninsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editBocharova was a member of the Obninsk beach volleyball school for eight years and she was coached under Elena Masalyova.[7][8]
Bocharova and her teammate Maria Voronina won the European Junior Championships U18 and U20 in 2017 and in 2018 they won the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships.[9][10]
At 2018 Summer Youth Olympics the Voronina–Bocharova duet made it to the final, they beat a couple from Italy Scampoli–Bertozzi (21:19, 21:19) and won the championship.[11]
At 2019 Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship the Voronina–Bocharova duet made it to the final, but lost to a couple from Brazil Victoria-Vitoria in a difficult dramatic tie-break match:
Russia-Brazil(1-2(21-17;15-21;13-15)) It was the first major failure.
References
edit- ^ "Бочарова и Воронина выиграли Кубок Всероссийской федерации волейбола". sport.rambler.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ "Mariia Bocharova". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "News - Hopes high for Bocharova and Voronina after YOG gold". FIVB. October 25, 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
External links
edit- Maria Bocharova at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Maria Bocharova at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Maria Bocharova at Olympedia
