Maria Shurochkina: synchronized swimming and personal life

One of the athletes of our team, representing Russia in Rio at the last Olympics - Maria Shurochkina. Synchronized swimming, in which she performs, is one of the most interesting and beautiful sports. At this Olympiad the presentation of the team of our synchronists in an arbitrary program made a real furor and showed the highest level of skill worthy of the champion title.

Biography

June 30 in 1995 in the Russian capital was born the future Olympic champion. Maria's father - Vladimir - was a famous musician and producer, one of the guitarists of the group "Tender May". The car mom - Oksana - went in for sports. A well-known sportswoman has an older sister Anna, now known as singer Nyusha. Also in this family there is a younger brother Ivan. Despite the fact that sisters are relatives only by father and have completely different occupations, they are very close to each other. Ivan, like Maria, is fond of sports.

The Russian State University, in which the Olympic champions are trained, copes with its task perfectly. Is his student and Maria Shurochkina. Synchronous swimming is one of the directions, which are currently placed high hopes in our sport. Now she trains under the leadership of EA Gryzunova and E. Polyanskaya.

The first workouts

Acquaintance with the sport of Mary began with acrobatics. Classes in this direction have greatly helped her in the further sports career. After acrobatics, Maria Shurochkina chose synchronized swimming, or rather, one day her mother brought her to the pool under the pretext of amateur swimming. In fact, this was Masha's first training, which began unexpectedly for her.

The desire to engage in synchronized swimming at first was not at all, and the future well-known sportswoman wanted even to give up training. But the parents insisted on their continuation, and over time synchronized swimming so captivated the girl that all free time began to take training. So the hobby turned into a professional occupation. Nikonova RB was the first coach, thanks to whom the talent of the sportswoman was revealed. And Goncharova OA

Sports career

By now Maria Shurochkina is the winner of the World Universiade 2013 (group performance in combination), twice champion of Europe - in 2014 in the group, and in 2016 as part of the team, as well as six-time world champion in the group's speeches. But the main sporting achievement for today is the Olympic gold, deservedly received at the Olympics in Rio in 2016 for the performance of the group.

One of the most notable places during the performances is Maria Shurochkina. Synchronized swimming, whose episodes are so spectacular, is a very spectacular and beautiful sport. This is achieved thanks to the support and ejection of one of the girls from the water high up with the simultaneous execution of the most complex elements. This is exactly the position that Masha takes during the issue.

Success athlete was achieved through training. Persistence, strength and self-confidence are those qualities that Maria Shurochkina possesses. Synchronized swimming is a very complex sport not only physically, but also psychologically, and in order to succeed in it, one must have an amazing willpower. Masha's spiritual support is rendered by close people.

Personal life

As already mentioned above, all the free time of the sportswoman takes synchronous swimming. Maria Shurochkina, Olympiad and preparation for it for which was the main goal in life for the last fifteen years, has reached the heights of the world Olympus. Training took so long that there was no time or energy left for personal life.

Maria is very fond of spending holidays with Nyusha's sister, but it's hard for them to choose the time for this. One - a busy tour schedule, the other all the time disappears in training. When they still manage to meet, the sisters try to spend time together as efficiently as possible - communicate, relax or share their experiences.

Now that the first successful Olympics in the life of Mary is already over, she calls her dream a desire to just be happy. And, watching the life of the athlete, her achievements and perseverance, you believe that she will succeed.