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Maria Krioutchkova

Maria Kryuchkova
Full name Maria Yevgenyevna Kryuchkova
Country represented  Russia
Born (1988-07-07)7 July 1988
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Died 8 March 2015(2015-03-08) (aged 26)
Rostov-on-Don
Height 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Club Olympic Reserve
Rostov-on-Don
Head coach(es) Olga Sagina

Maria Yevgenyevna Kryuchkova (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Крючкова; 7 July 1988 – 8 March 2015) was a Russian gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kryuchkova competed at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras, Greece, winning team gold and placing sixth on floor. In 2003, she won team bronze at the WOGA Classic in Texas, USA. Later that year, she swept the Friendship Classic. In 2004, she did not make the Russian team for the European Championships, but won gold on floor, and placed fifth in the all-around and eighth on vault at the Russian Cup. She was named to the Russian team for the Olympic Games in Athens, where she contributed to a team bronze medal.

Kryuchkova died of an embolism on 8 March 2015, at age 26.


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