29 Facts About Maria Paseka

Maria Valeryevna Paseka is a Russian artistic gymnast and member of the Russia women's national gymnastics team.

Maria Paseka contributed an all around score of 55.850 toward the Russian team's first-place finish.

Maria Paseka placed third on vault scoring 13.713 and fifth on floor scoring 13.125.

Maria Paseka placed sixth on vault scoring 13.837 and fifth on floor scoring 13.175.

Maria Paseka placed second on vault scoring 13.935 and third on floor scoring 14.034.

Maria Paseka 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.

Maria Paseka contributed a vault score of 14.833 towards the Russian team's second-place finish.

Maria Paseka contributed scores of 15.800 on vault and 14.134 on floor toward the Moscow team's first-place finish.

Maria Paseka contributed scores of 15.750 on vault and 12.650 on uneven bars toward the Moscow team's second-place finish.

Maria Paseka won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 14.400.

In July, Maria Paseka competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.

Maria Paseka contributed a score of 15.100 on vault towards the Russian team's first-place finish, and in doing so, qualified first to vault finals.

Maria Paseka won bronze in the vault final with a score of 14.950.

Originally Maria Paseka was not chosen to compete in the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Montpellier, France.

However, due to the injuries of Alla Sosnitskaya, Maria Paseka was decided to be the last minute replacement for her.

Maria Paseka arrived in Montpellier after the podium training, so she started the competition without it.

Maria Paseka gained a score which would have allowed her to enter the uneven bars final ; however, she gave up her place due to the two per country rule.

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Maria Paseka competed vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise for the Russian team both in qualifications and in the final, all of which she performed cleanly.

Maria Paseka competed a Cheng and an Amanar, as did Hong.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Maria Paseka won two silver medals: one for vault and one with the Russian team.

Maria Paseka was the first female gymnast since Ludmilla Tourischeva to medal on vault in two consecutive Olympic Games.

Maria Paseka did not compete at the beginning of the year so she could recover from back pains she had experienced during the Olympics.

At the European Championships, Maria Paseka fell short of the podium, finishing fourth on vault.

In qualifications, Maria Paseka only performed on vault, where she showed a cleanly executed Cheng and a stunning Amanar despite difficulties in training.

Maria Paseka was the second Russian gymnast to win two world vault titles, and the first to do so consecutively.

Maria Paseka made her comeback at the 2019 Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she placed first on vault after competing an Amanar and a Lopez.

Maria Paseka's Amanar was the highest scoring vault of the competition.

In September Maria Paseka was named to the team to compete at the 2019 World Championships, replacing an injured Angelina Simakova.

Maria Paseka later revealed that she injured her ankle in Baku and would therefore take a break from gymnastics and return after the 2020 Olympics.