Maria Ugolkova

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| native_name = Мария Юрьевна Уголькова

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| club = Swimming Club Uster Wallisellen

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Maria Ugolkova ({{langx|ru|Мария Юрьевна Уголькова}}; born 18 July 1989) is a Swiss swimmer specializing in the 200 metres medley. She currently represents Switzerland while competing as well as the SCUW club, based near Zurich, Switzerland.

Career

Ugolkova holds multiple Swiss Swimming National Records, including the 200 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly, 100 Medley, 200 Medley, and many more relay records both in short course pools and long course pools.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=recordDetail&recordListId=50017&genderCourse=LCM_2|title=Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport|website=www.swimrankings.net}} She also holds multiple Swiss Championship Records, Swiss Team Championship Records, French-speaking Region Swiss Records, and Central-east german-speaking Region Swiss Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4043784&athletePage=RECORD|title=Swimrankings - UGOLKOVA, Maria|website=www.swimrankings.net|access-date=10 November 2019}}

She participated at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, swimming the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, 100m freestyle, and 200m individual medley, representing the Swiss Olympic Team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=596227&clubId=346|title=Swimrankings - XXXI Olympic Games, Rio (BRA), 6 - 13 Aug 2016|website=www.swimrankings.net|access-date=10 November 2019}}

She also swam in the 200m individual medley at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, and came third during the final, swimming a time of 2:10.83. First place went to Katinka Hosszú from Hungary and second went to Ilaria Cusinato of Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://glasgow2018.microplustiming.com/export/NU_GLASGOW2018/NU/pdf/SWMW200MIM------------FNL-000100--_73A1%201.0.pdf|title=200m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WOMEN Final Results|date=|website=|access-date=}}

Awards and honours

FINA, Top 10 Moments: 2021 Swimming World Cup (#8)[https://www.fina.org/news/2345588/swimming-world-cup-top-10-moments "Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments"]. FINA. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.