Mariya Koroleva
Personal information
Born (1990-04-10) April 10, 1990
Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportSynchronized swimming
ClubStanford Cardinal
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's Synchronized swimming
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 GuadalajaraDuet
Silver medal – second place 2011 GuadalajaraTeam Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2015 TorontoDuet
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2013 KazanTeam Competition
Updated on 24 May 2015.

Mariya Koroleva (born April 10, 1990) is a Russian-born American synchronized swimmer. After emigrating to the United States, Koroleva began participating in synchronized swimming, and competed at Stanford University. She was a member of the teams that won silver medals in the duet and team competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Koroleva was born on April 10, 1990, in Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, to Svetlana and Nikolay Korolev, and later emigrated with her family to the United States, settling in Concord, California. There, she began to compete in national youth competitions in synchronized swimming.

After being accepted to Stanford University, she experienced considerable success in collegiate and national competitions. In the 2009 collegiate championships, she finished second in team and figures, third in trio, and fifth in duet. That same year at the national championships she came in third in team and fourth in duet. During the following year's collegiate championships, she finished second place in the trio competition and third in the duet.[1]

Shortly before the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she was partnered with Mary Killman to compete as a duet.[2] At those games, Killman and Koroleva won a silver medal in the duet competition, and were members of the United States team that won a silver in the team competition as well.[1] The pair qualified for the women's duet at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and due to the failure of the United States to qualify for the team event, they were the only American women to compete in synchronized swimming at those games.[2]

Koroleva was one of three University of San Francisco students to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics, joined by Israeli long-distance runner Maor Tiyouri and Venezuelan basketball player John Cox.[3] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she teamed with Anita Alvarez in the women's duet, finishing in 9th place.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mariya Koroleva". United States Synchronized Swimming. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Laskaris, Sam (11 June 2012). "London-Bound: An Interview With Mary Killman, Olympic Synchronized Swimmer". Indian Country. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dons Represented in Rio". University of San Francisco.
  4. ↑ "Mariya Koroleva Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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