Mária Homolová

Mária Homolová (born 29 September 1987)^[1] is a Slovak former artistic gymnast. She represented Slovakia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2011 Slovakian national all-around champion.^[2]

Mária Homolová
Born	(1987-09-29) 29 September 1987 (age 37) Zvolen, Slovakia
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Slovakia (1997 - 2013)

Early life

Homolová was born on 29 September 1987 in Zvolen. Her father and brother both played professional football. She began gymnastics at six years old after quitting figure skating.^[3]

Career

Homolová won the junior Slovakian national all-around titles in 2000, 2001, and 2003.^[3] She competed at her first World Championships in 2003 and finished 136th in the all-around during the qualification round.^[4] She did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[5] She finished 109th at the 2006 World Championships and 98th at the 2007 World Championships.^[6][7] She missed out on qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics by 0.300 points.^[5]

Homolová tore her Achilles tendon in the lead up to the 2008 European Championships.^[5] At the 2010 Ostrava World Cup, she won bronze medals on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.^[8] Then at the 2010 World Championships, she finished 79th in the all-around during the qualification round.^[9]

Homolová qualified for the all-around final at the 2011 Summer Universiade and finished 12th.^[10] Then at the 2011 World Championships, she finished 93rd in the all-around qualifications and advanced to the 2012 Olympic Test Event.^[11] There, she finished 62nd in the all-around and received a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[12][13] She competed at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup and finished seventh in the balance beam final.^[14]

Homolová withdrew from the 2012 European Championships due to a torn tendon sheath. She recovered in time to return to training for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3] There, she finished 57th in the all-around during the qualification round.^[15]

Homolová competed at the 2013 Gym Festival Trnava and finished eighth in the all-around and uneven bars and sixth in the balance beam.^[16] She finished 36th in the all-around during the qualification round of the 2013 Summer Universiade.^[17]