Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina ( rus, Мария Владимировна Шурочкина, , mɐˈrʲijə ˈʂurətɕkʲɪnə; born 30 June 1995) is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming. She has won six gold medals at World Aquatics Championships, three in

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and three in

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. She also won a gold medal at the

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, as well as two gold medals at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

. Shurochkina is the younger sister of pop superstar

Nyusha Anna Vladimirovna "Nyusha" Shurochkina (russian: А́нна Влади́мировна "Ню́ша" Шу́рочкина; 15 August 1990) is a Russian singer and songwriter. One of the most popular musicians in contemporary Russia, Nyusha has re ...

. Their father,

Vladimir Shurochkin Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Shurochkin (russian: Владимир Вячеславович Шурочкин; born 12 April 1966) is a Russian singer, musician, one of the former lead singers of Laskovyi Mai (1989—1990). Father and producer of pop ...

, is a musician and music producer, and former member of boyband

Laskovyi Mai Laskavyi Mai (may also be spelled as 'Laskavyy May', 'Laskavy May', 'Laskavy Mai', 'Laskaviy May'; russian: Ласковый май, lit=Tender May) is a Soviet boy band from Moscow founded by Russian songwriter, composer and musician Sergei ...

. Their mother, Oksana Baranovskaya, is a former competitive artistic gymnast. In 2017 Shurochkina had opened her dance school in Moscow.

Awards

*Honored Master of Sports of Russia (31 December 2013). * Order of Friendship (25 August 2016) – for outstanding sports achievements at the Games XXXI Olympiad in 2016 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), manifested the will to win and determination. *Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (19 July 2013) – for outstanding sports achievements at the XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan. * Order of Honour (11 September 2021)

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* * * * * * 1995 births Living people Russian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in synchronized swimming Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Synchronized swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships Artistic swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Moscow {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub