Biography
Maria Sotskova still called the hope of Russian female single figure skating. Unlike opponents-Rovenits, Masha did not hurry to go from juniors to the ranks of adults, quietly survived the transitional age. Now from a silent, shy teenager there is no trace. Lady, full sensuality and grace, a real fighter comes to the ice of international arena.
When it fails to win, the girl is in a good way, in a sporty angry, but believes that everything that is done for the better. Looking for the causes of the lesion should be in their own flaws, and not in high competition. And the silver reward is such an incentive that does not allow to relax.
Childhood and youth
Masha was born in April 2000 in the near Moscow Reutov in the family, where there were no athletes, but the sport was respected.
On the skates, the girl got up when she was not 4 years old. The first steps on the ice did on the yard rink. Then Masha's mom and thought that this sport could not only replace the baby dolls and a TV, but also to benefit health, and in the future - beauty and harmony. No one thought about sports accomplishments and medals.
Little Maria led to the section where the girl fell into the hands of the demanding mentor Svetlana Panova. At first, I did not like the strict aunt Masha, and the first "tedious" classes were accompanied by tears. But parents did not go to the Honeycomb Daughter and continued to drive on the rink.
For the first time figure skating I liked the young athlete when the jumps began to learn. Jump made some extreme and diversity in classes, now the mobile girl looked forward to another lesson.
The first tangible success in the sports biography of a natives of Reutova appeared in 2009. In 2012, Masha pleased the coach and parents a bronze medal, which brought from the Junior championship, and next year, two silver and the Grand Prix in the country of the Rising Sun.
Figure skating
The young athlete grinded the skill on the ice of the metropolitan children-youth sports school "Snow Bars". At its base, Maria Sotskova prepared for the Olympic season 2013/2014 and brilliantly performed on the Junior Grand Prix. The figure skater won the stages and entered the final, where she got the main prize.
A series of victories continued next season. Maria Sotskova won silver in Estonia and gold in Croatia. But after success in the junior stages, the girl lowered the pace and did not hit the champion's pedestal.
But in the 2015/2016 season, Masha braced lost and, having won the stages of competitions in Latvia and Austria, passed to the final of the Grand Prix, whoave the second step on the podium.
At the age of 16, Maria Sotskova adopted an independent and adult decision, which Svetlana Panova coach supported: the figure skater went to America, where Rafael Harutyunyan was riding.
In the group of a talented mentor in California, the athlete was gained experience, paying for classes from personal funds. Harutyunyan, according to Masha, taught her with benefit to spend every minute on the rink and fight for the place under the sun, without losing a second of precious time. In this regard, Rafael retained some Russianity when the athlete is seen in the child from a small years and "everyone is sharpening for the result. Americans train, but do not press. Failed - do not worry, enjoy. "
At the Russian Championship among the figure skaters of the 2015/2016 season 2015/2016, Maria Sotskova took the 5th step and entered the national team as a spare. Soon, the young star went to Norway, where on the youth of the Olympiad, rolling against an arbitrary program, took 2nd place. A month later, Masha won bronze in the Hungarian Debrecen, in the amount exceeding the previous indicators. But the final was the 2nd place.
After the championship, the Sotskaya appeared a new mentor - Elena Buyanov. Changed Maria and the club, going to CSKA. Achievements came with changes: in Bratislava, in the pre-air season, the figure skater was led by defeating the rivals in the stadium are not on the stage.
In November 2016, Maria Sotskova successfully rolled back the Grand Prix stage in the capital of France: at the Trophée de France tournament, the Russian woman improved the previous results and took the 2nd step of the pedestal.
At the final stage of the competition in the Japanese Sapporo Masha conquered bronze and reached the final. But on the final competitions in Marseille Sotskov was waiting for disappointment: the figure skater was at the end, in the penultimate place, although it exceeded the previous achievement in an arbitrary program. At the end of 2016, Maria Sotskova received a bronze medal at the Country Championship in Chelyabinsk, pleased with the fans and mentors.
In January 2017, the Russian asterisk performed in the Czech Ostrava, improving the results in a short program, and in March, in the capital of Finland, Maria Sotskova participated in the World Cup. The Russian athlete was in the eight of the best on the planet of the figure skater, woning for the country 3 Olympic vouchers for games in South Korean Pytenchhan.
In the 2017/2018 Olympic season, Sotskova started successfully, won in the Finnish city of Espoo, on the 22nd Finlandia Trophy tournament. After 3 weeks, Maria spoke in the Grand Prix series in Canada, where the silver won. Another silver got a figure skater in France. Home Stage The girl by agreement with the federation of figure skating of the Russian Federation missed to avoid unnecessary excitement.
Control rental in Sochi revealed a number of shortcomings. Trends and athletes had to change a short program: some elements were transferred from the second half to the first, perhaps sacrificing points. However, jumping closer to the final require increased endurance and concentration. The Mary team put reliability and stability in the first place.
In December 2017, the pre-Wednesday Country Championship in figure skating was held in St. Petersburg. In the urban sports complex "Jubilee", the composition of the Russian national team at the XXIII Winter Olympiad in Pytenchhan was determined.
Fought for the best result and Masha Sotskova. The girl admitted that the competition was incredibly difficult psychologically, but she managed to overcome excitement and speak well. The figure skater received a silver reward.
Personal life
In April 2018, Maria Sotskova celebrated the 18th anniversary. Young beautiful, whose fresh photos regularly appear on the page in "Instagram", are not married. But, judging by the comments of the account subscribers, a slim (with a rise of 1.73 m weigh 50 kg) of a blond figure skater there is no deficiency of fans. About the personal life, the girl does not apply, so it is unknown, whether her heart is free.
Judging by the achievements, Masha - a person is surprisingly hardworking and passionate. She rarely rests and spends two thirds on the rink. If you consider that Marya until recently had to be distracted by school classes, then the girl does not happen. And in 2018, Sotskova became a student of rati (guitis), wants to learn to the balletmaster. From social networks it is known that athletes have a hobby - she loves to draw. In the same way, the figure skater lays out pictures in a swimsuit with hot beaches, footage with training, gatherings with friends.
The name of Maria Sotskaya is familiar to the stars of show business, which are followed by the sports achievements of the country. Therefore, the figure skater has a lot of joint pictures with artists and directors. In 2017, a joint photo with Andrei Burkovsky and Egor Konchalovsky appeared on the "Instagram" page.
Parents of Maria Sotskova - its main fans. Mom accompanies daughter in tournaments and picks her costumes. But at the competition, dad and mom are so worried about Masha, which can not watch the speeches live.
Maria Sotskova now
At the European Championships in the capital of Russia in January 2018, the winner of the Winner in Single Catania in women went to Alina Zagitova, who debut at the tournaments of this level. Maria lost to Evgenia Medvedev, and Carolina Costner, remained at the 4th position in the final table.
Later, the girl said that when the short program was fulfilled, the first cascade of jumps was worried, however, inserted the necessary elements in the 2nd part. Spectators in the stands were also supported, still rolling at home - this is a special atmosphere.
Then Sotskova went to the tournament, for which, by definition of the figure skater, it is worth living for the Olympic Games. Competitions in Pchenchkhan were difficult for Mary. Along the speeches, the athlete did not even approach the top five and was content with the final 8th place.
At the same position, the girl remained at the championship of the planet, who passed in Milan. This world championship for Russia is the first since 2013, on which single figure skater remained without awards. Catelin Osmond won in the tournament. However, in the amount of occupied places, Russian athletes received 3 vouchers for the 2019 Championship in Japan.
Recently, Sotskov is called the Russian Costner. For Mash, the legendary Italian is the ideal of the figure skater. In this sport, the technical component is paying more attention to the technical component, and the actual sliding remains like an appendage. Carolina the same audience and "not stortable" judges love for what it rides, and does not perform elements. Jumping, including elevated complexity, Maria, of course, works out. But the main athlete considers the purity of rentals, because the abundance of elements suffers image.
During the rolled, the figure skater among the competitors is distinguished by the removed, directed over the heads of judges and the audience. In this way, Masha is recognized, it will abstract from others, whether it is a training or competition. At such moments from Sotskaya, do not pull out a word, the girl generally prefers to listen, and not speak.
In the fall of 2018, Maria Sotskova replaced the athlete, which is equal to the commercial Japan Open tournament. Carolina Costner received injury and took a timeout to recover to the Grand Prix. In this championship, Masha stated the steps of NHK Trophy and Trophée de France.
The Russian woman in the site appealed for the team of Europe along with Alina Zagitova, Spanish single-seat Javier Fernandez and Denis Vasilyev from Latvia. The world record of Alina was not enough - the group gave way to the Japan national team.
In September, the control rentals of the Russian national team were held in Moscow, at which figure skaters demonstrated programs for the 2018/2019 season. All attention was riveted to Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedev. The latter was supposed to show what he learned from the Canadian coach Brian Orser after the scandal broke up with Eteri Tutberidze.
In addition to the champion, the experienced Elizabeth Tuktamysheva, which had passed on the beginning of the season to Elena Buyanovaya Polina Zurskaya, Wunderkinda Alexander Corusov and Alain Kosotnaya and Restored after Anna Shcherbakov's injuries.
Programs for Maria Sotskova prepared Peter Chernyshev; Short - in Latino style and arbitrary - on Aria Summertime in jazz processing.
Awards
- Master of Sports of Russia
- Silver Medal II Winter Youth Olympic Games
- Silver Medal of the 2016 Youth Championship
- Bronze and three-time silver winner of the championship of Russia among juniors
- Gold Medal Tallinntrophy 2016
- Gold Medal Memorial Ondrey Nice 2017
- Bronze Medal of the Championship of Russia 2017
- Silver Medal of the Championship of Russia 2018
- Silver Medal Final Grand Prix 2018