Maria Bondareva

Maria Anatolyevna Bondareva (Russian: Мария Анатольевна Бондарева; born 28 November 1999)^[1] is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Junior European Championships. She is the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival champion on the balance beam and with the team.

Maria Bondareva
Full name	Maria Anatolyevna Bondareva
Nickname(s)	Masha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 (age 24) Fryazino, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2012 - 2015 (RUS)
Head coach(es)	Ulyana Pursheva, Yuriy Bachurin
Retired	2015
Medal record Representing  Russia Junior European Championships 2014 Sofia Team European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Utrecht Team 2013 Utrecht Balance beam

Career

Junior

2012

Bondareva competed at the International Gymnix in Montreal and helped her team win the gold medal.^[2] She also won the gold medal in the all-around and on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.^[3][4][5] She won the all-around gold medal at the Russian Championships in the Candidate Master of Sport category with a total score of 56.867.^[6] At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she helped the junior Russian team win the bronze medal, and she placed eighth in the all-around.^[7]

2013

Bondareva competed at the International Gymnix and helped the Russian team win the gold medal. She also tied for gold in the all-around with her teammate, Anastasia Dmitrieva, and she won the silver medal on the balance beam.^[8] Then at the Lugano Trophy, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Romanian gymnast Andreea Munteanu.^[9]

At the European Youth Olympic Festival, Bondareva won the team gold medal alongside Maria Kharenkova and Viktoria Kuzmina. She won the gold medal on the balance beam.^[10] She placed fifth in the all-around final with a score of 54.200.^[11] Then at the Japan Junior International, she placed sixth in the all-around and won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind American Bailie Key and Romanian Andreea Iridon.^[12]

2014

Bondareva competed at the Junior Russian Championships, and she won the gold medal with her team. However, she pulled out of the all-around and event finals.^[13] At the European Championships she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova, Seda Tutkhalyan, Anastasia Dmitrieva, and Daria Skrypnik, and they won the team gold medal.^[14] In November, she competed at the KSI-Matsz Cup in Budapest and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Ekaterina Sokova and Zsofia Kovacs.^[15]

Senior

2015

Bondareva became age-eligible for senior competition in 2015. In March, she competed at the Russian Championships in Penza. She won the gold medal with her team, and she placed eighth in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise.^[16] She then competed at a friendly meet against Italy, Romania, and Colombia, and the Russian team won the gold medal.^[17] In October, she retired from gymnastics due to a back injury.^[18]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2012	International Gymnix
	Junior National Championships
	City of Jesolo Trophy		8
2013	International Gymnix			5	8		4
	Junior National Championships
	Lugano Trophy
	European Youth Olympic Festival		5
	Japan Junior International		6
2014	Junior National Championships
	Junior European Championships
	KSI Cup
2015	National Championships		8		8		8
	ITA-RUS-ROU-COL Friendly

References

1. "Бондарева Мария Анатольевна" [Bondareva Maria Anatolyevna]. Russian Gymnastics Federation (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
2. "Team Results" (PDF). L'International Gymnix 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
3. "Event Results Barres" (PDF). L'International Gymnix 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
4. "Event Results Poutre" (PDF). L'International Gymnix 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
5. "Event Results Sol" (PDF). L'International Gymnix 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
6. Minguillon, Albert (23 March 2012). "Bondareva, Fedyorova win Russian Junior All Around titles". The All Around. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
7. "U.S. sweeps team, all-around titles at City of Josolo Trophy". USA Gymnastics. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
8. Booth, Elizabeth (10 March 2013). "Russia WAG win Gymnix International Junior Cup". Rewriting Russian Gymnastics. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
9. "10th Lugano Trophy". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
10. Hopkins, Lauren (19 July 2013). "2013 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
11. Booth, Elizabeth (18 July 2013). "Russia's Maria Kharenkova takes gold in AA at EYOF". Rewriting Russian Gymnastics. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
12. Hopkins, Lauren (23 September 2013). "2013 Junior Japan International Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
13. "ПЕРВЕНСТВО РОССИИ 2014 ГОДА". Russian Federation Gymnastics. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
14. "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Juniors". Longines Timing. UEG. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
15. Hopkins, Lauren (15 September 2014). "Viktoria Komova Makes International Return in Hungary". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
16. Hopkins, Lauren (4 March 2015). "2015 Russian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
17. Hopkins, Lauren (30 May 2015). "2015 Four Nations Trophy Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
18. "Sadly the gymnastics group on VK today confirmed the retirement of national team member Maria Bondareva..." Facebook. Rewriting Russian Gymnastics. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links

• Maria Bondareva on VK