Maria Bocharova

Maria Bocharova
Bocharova in 2018
Personal information
Full nameMaria Aleksandrovna Voronina
Born (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22)
Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, Russia
HometownObninsk
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Maria Bocharova
Career
Teams
 Russia VC Obninsk[1]
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Russia
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Beach
U19 World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Nanjing
U21 World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Udontani

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]

Career

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Bocharova 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

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  1. ^ "Бочарова и Воронина выиграли Кубок Всероссийской федерации волейбола". sport.rambler.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  2. ^ "Mariia Bocharova". Beach Volleyball Database. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "News - Hopes high for Bocharova and Voronina after YOG gold". FIVB. October 25, 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
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