Mária Homolová

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.{{Cite news|url=https://zena.sme.sk/c/6441974/maria-homolova-naucila-som-sa-prekonavat-samu-seba.html|title=Mária Homolová: Naučila som sa prekonávať samu seba|website=Sme|access-date=6 May 2017|language=sk|date=2 July 2012|trans-title=Mária Homolová: I learned to overcome myself|first1=Katarína|last1=Lešková}}

Homolová won the junior Slovakian national all-around titles in 2000, 2001, and 2003. She competed at her first World Championships in 2003 and finished 136th in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=37th World Championships Artistic Gymnastics Anaheim, California USA August 16-24, 2003 Results Women’s Qualification - All-Around |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_03worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=5 July 2022 |date=18 August 2003}} She did not qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics. She finished 109th at the 2006 World Championships and 98th at the 2007 World Championships.{{cite web |title=39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Aarhus (DEN) October 13th - 21st 2006 Results Women’s Qualifications |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_06worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=17 October 2006}}{{cite web |title=40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women’s Qualifications |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_07worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=2 September 2007}} She missed out on qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics by 0.300 points.

Homolová tore her Achilles tendon in the lead up to the 2008 European Championships.{{Cite news|url=https://sport.pravda.sk/oh-2012/clanok/134013-londyn-bude-vrcholom-kariery-tvrdi-slovenska-gymnastka-homolova/|title=Londýn bude vrcholom kariéry, tvrdí slovenská gymnastka Homolová |trans-title=London will be the pinnacle of her career, says Slovak gymnast Homolová |website=Pravda|date=14 July 2012|access-date=6 May 2017|language=sk-SK}} At the 2010 Ostrava World Cup, she won bronze medals on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.{{cite web |title=World Cup Grand Prix Ostrava 2010 Ostrava (CZE) 2010 Sep 30 - Oct 1 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2010/europe/cze/gpostrava.html |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=23 April 2025}} Then at the 2010 World Championships, she finished 79th in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women’s Qualifications |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_07worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=13 April 2025 |date=2 September 2007}}

Homolová qualified for the all-around final at the 2011 Summer Universiade and finished 12th.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Final Results |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/univ/2011/wag/aafinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Shenzhen 2011 |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=15 August 2011}} Then at the 2011 World Championships, she finished 93rd in the all-around qualifications and advanced to the 2012 Olympic Test Event.{{cite web |title=43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7-16 October 2011 All-Around Results Women's Qualification |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11worlds_aaqual.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=24 July 2022 |date=7 October 2011 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024102253/https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11worlds_aaqual.pdf |url-status=dead }} There, she finished 62nd in the all-around and received a berth for the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2012/eu/gbr/ogtestart/wagqaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=11 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=List of Women's Artistic Gymnastics 2012 Olympic Qualifiers|url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2012/olympics/documents/wag/ogqualifiers.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=12 January 2012}} She competed at the 2012 Osijek World Challenge Cup and finished seventh in the balance beam final.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2012 Osijek Challenge Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2012/04/29/2012-osijek-challenge-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=29 April 2012}}

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. There, she finished 57th in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics - Artistic / Womenʼs Individual All-Around |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/london2012/gymnastics-artistic/womens-individual-all-around#qualifications |website=The New York Times |access-date=23 April 2025}}

Homolová competed at the 2013 Gym Festival Trnava and finished eighth in the all-around and uneven bars and sixth in the balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2013 Gym Festival Trnava Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/06/09/2013-gym-festival-trnava-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=9 June 2013}} She finished 36th in the all-around during the qualification round of the 2013 Summer Universiade.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2013 Summer Universiade Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/07/17/2013-summer-universiade-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=17 July 2013}}

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