Maria Ugolkova

Maria Ugolkova (Russian: 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.

Maria Ugolkova
Personal information
Native nameМария Юрьевна Уголькова
NationalitySwiss
Born (1989-07-18) 18 July 1989
Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley
ClubSwimming Club Uster Wallisellen
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place2018 Glasgow200 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place2019 Glasgow200 m medley
Silver medal – second place2021 Kazan200 m medley

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.[2] She also holds multiple Swiss Championship Records, Swiss Team Championship Records, French-speaking Region Swiss Records, and Central-east german-speaking Region Swiss Records.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Awards and honours

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Ugolkova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. "Swimrankings - Swimming Rankings and Results - Worldwide, International Swim Sport". www.swimrankings.net.
  3. "Swimrankings - UGOLKOVA, Maria". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. "Swimrankings - XXXI Olympic Games, Rio (BRA), 6 - 13 Aug 2016". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. "200m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY WOMEN Final Results" (PDF).
  6. "Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments". FINA. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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