Maria Mukhortova
{{short description|Russian pair skater}}
{{family name hatnote|Vladimirovna|Mukhortova|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Maria Mukhortova
| image = 2009 EC Maria Mukhortova Maxim Trankov.jpg
| caption = Mukhortova and Trankov at the 2009 Europeans.
| fullname = Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova
| altname =
| country = Russia
| formercountry =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| hometown =
| residence =
| height = {{convert|1.62|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| partner =
| formerpartner = Jérôme Blanchard
Maxim Trankov
Egor Golovkin
Pavel Lebedev
| coach = Oleg Vasiliev
| formercoach = Artur Dmitriev
Tamara Moskvina
Nikolai Velikov
| choreographer = Alexander Matveev
| formerchoreographer = Tatiana Druchinina,
Tamara Moskvina
| skating club = St. Petersburg Skating School
| retired =
| combined total = 202.03
| combined date = 2010 Europeans
| SP score = 73.54
| SP date = 2010 Europeans
| FS score = 128.57
| FS date = 2009-2010 GPF
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Pairs' Figure skating}}
{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}
(with Trankov)
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze| 2010 Tallinn|Pairs}}
{{MedalBronze| 2009 Helsinki|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Zagreb|Pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Russian Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2007 Mytishchi|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2008 Saint Petersburg|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Kazan|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2010 Saint Petersburg|Pairs}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 Kazan|Pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}}
{{MedalBronze| 2005 Innsbruck|Pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2005 Kitchener|Pairs}}
{{MedalBronze| 2004 The Hague|Pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior Grand Prix Final}}
{{MedalGold| 2004–05 Helsinki|Pairs}}
{{MedalBronze| 2003–04 Malmö|Pairs}}
{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}
(with Lebedev)
{{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}}
{{MedalSilver| 2003 Tarvisio|Pairs}}
}}
Maria Vladimirovna Mukhortova ({{langx|ru|Мария Владимировна Мухортова}}; born 20 November 1985) is a Russian pair skater. With former partner Maxim Trankov, she is the 2008 European silver medalist, a five-time Grand Prix medalist (including one gold medal at Trophée Eric Bompard), 2005 World Junior champion, 2004 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and 2007 Russian national champion. In her early career, she competed with Egor Golovkin and Pavel Lebedev. She also competed one season with Jérôme Blanchard.
Personal life
Mukhortova was born in Saint Petersburg but began skating in her father's hometown of Lipetsk when she was 6 years old. She became attracted to pair skating, however, there were no related opportunities in Lipetsk so her mother took her back to Saint Petersburg when she was thirteen.
Career
=Early career=
Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov trained in the same practice group under coaches Ludmila Velikova and Nikolai Velikov, but with different partners. Mukhortova first competed with Pavel Lebedev during the 2001–02 and the 2002–03 season, skating with him on the ISU Junior Grand Prix and finishing fourth at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Championships. The pair had frequent arguments but due to good results, Mukhortova initially declined to switch partners, however, a year later in 2003, she accepted Trankov's suggestion to skate together.
=Partnership with Trankov=
In their first season together, they won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2004 World Junior Championships. The following season, they competed on both the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix and won the 2005 World Junior Championships. In the 2005–06 Olympic season, they were assigned to the 2006 World Championships after Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin withdrew. They placed 12th in their debut at the event.
After the 2005–06 season, Mukhortova and Trankov switched coaches to Tamara Moskvina. In August 2006, Artur Dmitriev became their coach and in December 2006 they moved to Oleg Vasiliev.
In the 2006–07 season, Mukhortova and Trankov won the 2007 Russian Nationals, but were forced to miss the Europeans after she suffered an injury in practice. They returned in time for the 2007 Worlds, moving up one place to 11th. The following season, they won the silver medal at the 2008 Europeans and finished 7th at the 2008 Worlds. They had to take a short break in the middle of their long program at Worlds because Trankov was suffering from swelling in his arm, but returned to complete their skate after some alterations to his costume.
In the 2008-09 season, Mukhortova and Trankov qualified for their first Grand Prix Final, won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Championships, and moved up to 5th place at the World Championships.
For the 2009-10 season, the pair was assigned to the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, where they set a new overall personal best score and defeated two-time world champions Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy. Their second Grand Prix event was the 2009 Skate Canada where they placed second. They won another bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships but finished a disappointing seventh at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. At the 2010 World Championships held in Turin, Italy, in March 2010 they finished in 4th place. Shortly thereafter, the pair ended their partnership.
= Partnership with Blanchard =
In May 2010, it was announced that she had teamed up with Jérôme Blanchard to compete for Russia. At the 2011 Russian Championships, they finished 7th overall. In February 2011, their coach Oleg Vasiliev said they had taken some time off due to funding issues. On March 4, Vasiliev confirmed their partnership had ended; Mukhortova would consider competing with a new partner or move into show skating. Mukhortova joined the Russian Ice Stars in 2011.
Programs
= With Blanchard =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Season |
|---|
| 2010–11
|
| |
= With Trankov =
= With Lebedev =
Results
= With Blanchard =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Event
! 2010–11 | |
|---|---|
| align=left | Russian Championships | 7th |
= With Trankov =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| colspan=8 align=center | Results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International | |||||||
| Event
! 2003–04 ! 2004–05 ! 2005–06 ! 2006–07 ! 2007–08 ! 2008–09 ! 2009–10 | |||||||
| align=left | Olympics | 7th | ||||||
| align=left | Worlds | 12th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 4th | ||
| align=left | Europeans | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||
| align=left | Grand Prix Final | 6th | 4th | |||||
| align=left | GP Bompard | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| align=left | GP Cup of Russia | 6th | 4th | 7th | 4th | |||
| align=left | GP Skate America | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||||
| align=left | GP Skate Canada | 7th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||||
| align=left | Finlandia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| align=left | Nebelhorn | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||||||
| align=left | Universiade | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | International: Junior | |||||||
| align=left | Junior Worlds | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||||
| align=left | JGP Final | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||||
| align=left | JGP China | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| align=left | JGP Czech | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| align=left | JGP Germany | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| align=left | JGP Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National | |||||||
| align=left | Russian Champ. | bgcolor=gold | 1st J. | WD | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd |
= With Lebedev =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=3 align=center | Results | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International | ||
| Event
! 2001–02 ! 2002–03 | ||
| align=left | Universiade | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International: Junior | ||
| align=left | Junior Worlds | 4th | 4th |
| align=left | JGP Final | 8th | 8th |
| align=left | JGP Czech | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |
| align=left | JGP Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |
| align=left | JGP Serbia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |
| align=left | JGP Sweden | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National | ||
| align=left | Russian Champ. | 5th | |
| align=left | Russian Jr. Champ. | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |
References
{{reflist|30em|refs=
{{cite web | url=http://rian.ru/interview_sport/20110204/330389068.html | script-title=ru:Тренер Олег Васильев: проект Мухортова/Бланшар фигуристы закрыли | language=ru |trans-title=Coach Oleg Vasiliev: The Mukhortova / Blanchard project is over | date=4 February 2011 | publisher= RIA Novosti | access-date=4 February 2011}}
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External links
{{commons category|Maria Mukhortova}}
- {{official website|http://www.mukhortova-trankov.narod.ru}}
- {{isu name | id=00007094 | name=Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov}}
- {{isu name | id= 00005602 | name= Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev}}
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Category:Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
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Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia
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