Maria Egorova

Maria Aleksandrovna Egorova^[3] (Voronina) (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Воро́нина; born February 18, 2000, in Obninsk^[4]) is a Russian beach volleyball player. She is a Youth Olympic champion 2018 with Maria Bocharova.^[5][6][7]

Maria Egorova
Voronina in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Maria Aleksandrovna Egorova
Born	Maria Aleksandrovna Voronina (2000-02-18) February 18, 2000 (age 25) Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, Russia
Hometown	Obninsk
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Maria Bocharova
Career
Teams  Russia VC Obninsk[2]
Honours Women's beach volleyball Representing  Russia Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Beach U19 World Championships 2018 Nanjing U21 World Championships 2019 Udonthani

Career

Voronina was a member of the Obninsk beach volleyball school for eight years and she was coached under Elena Masalyova.^[8][9]

Voronina and her teammate Maria Bocharova won the European Junior Championships U18 and U20 in 2017 and in 2018 they won the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships.^[10][11]

At 2018 Summer Youth Olympics the Voronina–Bocharova duet made it to the final, they beat a couple from Italy Scampoli–Bertozzi (21:19, 21:19) and won the championship.^[12]

At 2019 Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship the Voronina–Bocharova duet made it to the final, but lost to a couple from Brazil Victoria-Vitoria in a difficult dramatic tie-break match:

Russia-Brazil(1-2(21-17;15-21;13-15)) It was the first major failure.