Maria Savinova is a successful Russian runner. One of the most titled athletes of post-Soviet Russia, winner of the World Cup. Participant in a grand doping scandal.
Childhood and youth
The girl was born in 1985 in cold Chelyabinsk. She never imagined that she would connect her life with running. At an early age she was fond of dancing and dreamed that someday she would become a real dancer. Priorities changed with age, and now she played badminton. It is worth noting that in this lesson Savinova succeeded and even became a candidate for master of sports.
Maria began to engage in running quite by accident. I came with a friend to the section and decided to conduct one training. The famous coach Maslova saw the girl and offered to train her constantly. Maria Savinova did not rest, because she loved sports and she was all exactly what kind of sport to do. In the future, she will stand out from the peers and will soon begin to show her talent.
In 2003, Maria went to the youth championship of Russia. No one thought that she could win anything, but the girl won the bronze. In the same year she received a bronze medal of the European Youth Championship. Since then, the runner has been taken seriously not only at state level competitions, but also at European ones. At the age of nineteen, she won the silver of the Russian Championship at a distance of eight hundred meters and a half kilometers.
Adult career
After success at the youth level, the athlete for a long time could not achieve anything in adult competitions. Savinova decides that the matter is in the coach, and goes to Vladimir Kazarin.
With the new mentor, the results improved markedly, but there were still no major awards. In 2008, she goes to the World Cup in Valencia, but takes only sixteenth place. The real breakthrough is 2009. She wins the championship of Russia, and also wins the European Championship. After this season Savinova becomes a respected athlete in the world.
2010 was even more successful. The girl won first place in the world championship, as well as in the European Championship. It is worth noting that all the awards were won in the eight hundred meter race. No one was absolutely surprised that the next year Savinova won the world championship again.
In 2013, the international championship was held in Russia, but here the athlete took only second place. For other runners, this result would be considered successful, but Maria said that she could achieve better results.
Olympic Games
Future Olympic champion Maria Savinova went to her first world games at twenty-seven. For athletes, this age is considered to be very impressive, but the girl showed that it was too early to write off. At competitions in London, she became the first at a distance of eight hundred meters and showed a result of 1 minute 56.19 seconds.
The runner returned home as a winner and as one of the most powerful athletes in the world. It seemed that due to age Maria will no longer show high results after the summer games, but this was not so. The girl will gain a lot of victories, even despite the fact that she was already almost thirty years old.
Maria Savinova: doping scandal
In 2015, a resonant event will occur. It will happen that many Russian athletes are accused of using illegal drugs. Among this list will be Savinova. Naturally, everyone will challenge this decision, but the anti-doping agency will be sure that the athletes actually used drugs that are prohibited by international conventions. As a result, a decision was made that will stun Maria. Officials will want to deprive her of all awards, as well as remove her from participation in competitions at any level for life. It is worth noting that the champion’s coach is also going to disqualify. At the moment, a final decision has not been made and litigation is ongoing.
Maria Savinova is sure that if she is disqualified, then this will be completely wrong, because she never took doping.
Personal life
The spouse of the girl is also a pretty famous person in the world of athletics. His name is Alexey Farnosov. Young people have known each other for a long time, because they studied with the same trainer. At first they just met, but already in 2010 decided to legitimize their relationship. Five years after the wedding, the first-born was born to the spouses.
Maria Savinova is a great athlete. Despite the fact that they are trying to strip her of all awards and titles, everyone will remember her as one of the most powerful runners in the world. Another proof of this is several state-level awards, among which there is the Order of Friendship. It should be noted that only those athletes who really managed to achieve a lot receive it.