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Mariya Sergeyevna Shorets (Russian Мария Сергеевна Шорец, born 9 August 1990, in
Russian Triathlon Federation
in Russian
Shorets' Club Dynamo
in Russian
Mariya Sergeyevna Shorets (Russian Мария Сергеевна Шорец, born 9 August 1990, in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
) is a Russian professional triathlete and the 2016 World Aquathlon Champion. Russian U23 Champion of the year 2011, bronze medalist in the Elite ranking, and a member of the National Team.
On 30 December 2010, the title Master of Sports (International Class) () was conferred upon two Saint Petersburg based triathletes, Shorets and Olga Dmitrieva.
In 2010, Shorets represented the club ''Triathlon SC Riederau'' in the German circuit ''Bundesliga.''
In 2011, Shorets is also a member of the French elite club TOCC (Triathlon Olympique Club Cessonais), like many other foreign guest stars (e.g. Zsófia Kovács, Zsófia Tóth
Zsófia Tóth (born 25 December 1989 in Tata, Hungary, Tata), also Zsófi, is a Hungarian professional triathlete, several times National Champion in various categories, number 2 in the national elite'' Ranglista'' and the 2011 National Vice ...
, Aileen Morrison
Aileen Reid (née Morrison; born 15 June 1982 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a professional triathlete from Northern Ireland who represented Ireland at the London 2012 & Rio 2016 Olympics.
Reid represents the North West Triathlon Club and ...
and Non Stanford
Non Rhiannydd Stanford (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain ...
) and could take part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series ''Lyonnaise des Eaux''. At the two first triathlons of the 2011 circuit, however, Shorets was not among the five triathletes nominated by TOCC.
Like Natalia Shliakhtenko
Natalia Sergeyevna Shliakhtenko (, also transliterated as Natalya Shlyakhtenko; born 7 July 1987) is a Russian professional Triathlon, triathlete, Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR, Master of Sport, and reserve member of the Na ...
, Mariya Shorets lives in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
, attends a High Performance Sports School for future Olympians (Государственное образовательное учреждение среднего профессионального образования "Санкт-Петербургское училище олимпийского резерва № 1", г. Санкт-Петербург) and represents the club or rather nationwide sports association ''Dynamo'' (Динамо).
ITU Competitions
In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Shorets took part in 13 ITU competitions and achieved 9 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU ''Athletes's Profile Page.'' Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the ''Elite'' category. DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start In 2016, at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Mariya Shorets finished 25th in the triathlon competition. On 14 September 2016, inCozumel
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, Mariya Shorets became a World Champion at ITU Aquathlon World Championships
The World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships is a aquathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The competition has been held annually since 1998. The championships is a continually timed race containing a swim stage and either on ...
.
On 17 September 2016, in Cozumel, at the 2016 World Triathlon Championship Series
The World Triathlon Championship Series is an annual series of triathlon events organised by World Triathlon. The series is used to crown an annual world champion since 2008. Previously, the ITU (the former name of World Triathlon) world champi ...
Grand Final organized by the International Triathlon Union
World Triathlon, previously known as the International Triathlon Union (ITU), is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations. It is recognised as the inte ...
, Maria Shorets finished 9th.
External links
Russian Triathlon Federation
in Russian
Shorets' Club Dynamo
in Russian
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