Maria Paseka

Maria Paseka Мария Пасека
Paseka at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France
Personal information
Full name	Maria Valeryevna Paseka
Nickname(s)	Masha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 21) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Club	Dynamo Gymnastics Club
Gym	"Lake Krugloe"
Head coach(es)	Olga Sikorro
Former coach(es)	Marina Gennadyevna Ulyankina, Nadezhda Galtsova, Vyacheslav Selifanov
Music	Hasta Que Te Conocí by Juan Gabriel (2011-2012)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 3 1 World Championships 1 0 0 European Championships 1 1 1 Summer Universiade 3 0 2 Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault 2012 London Vault World Championships 2015 Glasgow Vault European Championships 2015 Montpellier Vault 2012 Brussels Team 2013 Moscow Uneven Bars Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Team 2015 Gwangju Team 2015 Gwangju Vault 2013 Kazan Vault 2015 Gwangju Uneven Bars

Maria Valeryevna Paseka (Russian: Мария Валерьевна Пасека; born 19 July 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 World champion, 2015 European champion and 2015 Universiade champion on vault. Paseka competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal with the Russian team and an individual bronze medal on the vault. She won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver medal on vault. She is the first female gymnast since Ludmilla Tourischeva to medal on vault in two consecutive Olympic Games.

At the end of April, Paseka competed at the European Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She contributed an all around score of 55.850 toward the Russian team's first-place finish. In the vault final, she won the silver medal with a score of 14.275.

In August, Paseka competed at the Russian Cup in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She placed third on vault scoring 13.713 and fifth on floor scoring 13.125. Russian coach Valentina Rodionenko said, "In Yekaterinburg, she did not perform vault very well, but she has very difficult and high-level gymnastics."

In September, Paseka competed at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium. She placed sixth on vault scoring 13.837 and fifth on floor scoring 13.175.

Later in September, Paseka competed at the Dinamo International in Penza, Russia. She placed second on vault scoring 13.935 and third on floor scoring 14.034.

In March, Paseka competed at the Russian National Championships in Penza, Russia. She contributed scores of 14.867 on vault, 10.767 on uneven bars, and 13.533 on floor toward the Moscow team's first-place finish. In event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 14.120 and seventh on uneven bars scoring 11.440.