Maria Igorewna Petrova

Maria Petrova
Marija Petrowa during the Russian Championships 2005
Full name	Maria Igorewna Petrova
nation	Russia
birthday	November 29, 1977
place of birth	Leningrad
size	152 cm
Weight	45 kg
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Anton Sicharulidze, Teimuras Pulin, Alexei Tichonow
society	Jubileiny Sport Club
Trainer	Lyudmila Velikova
choreographer	Alexander Stiopin
status	resigned
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 1 × 2 × EM medals 2 × 2 × 4 ×
World figure skating championships gold Nice 2000 Couples bronze Washington 2003 Couples silver Moscow 2005 Couples bronze Calgary 2006 Couples  European figure skating championships gold Prague 1999 Couples gold Vienna 2000 Couples bronze Lausanne 2002 Couples bronze Malmo 2003 Couples silver Budapest 2004 Couples bronze Turin 2005 Couples bronze Lyon 2006 Couples silver Warsaw 2007 Couples
Personal best
Total points 188.21 World Cup 2005  Freestyle 123.18 World Cup 2006  Short program 67.42 GPF 2004/05
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 1 3  Grand Prix competitions 8th 9 4th

Marija Igorewna Petrowa ( Russian Мария Игоревна Петрова ; born November 29, 1977 in Leningrad ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in pair skating .

Her parents are Tatiana Walterovna and Igor Nikolayevich. She has no siblings. Marija Petrowa's nickname is Masha. She was a sickly child and began figure skating at the age of seven on the advice of her doctor. She competed for the Jubilee Sport Club. Internationally she appeared exclusively as a pair runner.

Petrova and Tikhonov at the Russian Championships 2005

Her first figure skating partner was Anton Sicharulidze . With him she became Junior World Champion in 1994 and 1995 . Together they contested two world and European championships . Her best results were sixth place at the 1995 World Cup and fifth place at the 1996 European Championship . After the 1996 season, Anton Sicharulidze separated from her. He wanted to train with Tamara Moskwina , but Petrowa wanted to stay with Lyudmila Velikova .

Velikova then arranged a trial training session for her with Alexei Tikhonov . After just a month, he left the partnership. So Marija Petrowa trained and started with Teimuras Pulin in the following period . With him she won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in 1997. In the senior sector, they only appeared on a national level. Pulin ended his career as a figure skater in 1998, so Marija Petrowa was left for the third time by her figure skating partner.

On the initiative of Alexei Tikhonov and with an apology from him for his behavior in 1996, the Petrowa / Tikhonov couple started again in 1998. This time with resounding success. They immediately became European champions in 1999 and even European and world champions in 2000 . It was their only big title, but they collected numerous medals by the end of their careers in 2007. At the European Championships in 2002 , 2003 , 2005 and 2006 they won the bronze medal and in 2004 and 2007 the silver medal. At the World Championships they won bronze in 2003 and 2006 and silver in 2005 . At the Olympic Games , however, Petrowa and Tikhonov missed a medal. They finished sixth in Salt Lake City in 2002 and fifth in Turin in 2006 . The couple trained with Lyudmila Velikowa until the end.

Petrowa and Tikhonov also became a couple in private. Their daughter was born in 2010.

Results

Pair skating

(up to and including 1996 with Anton Sicharulidze , 1997 and 1998 with Teimuras Pulin , from 1999 with Alexei Tichonow )

Competition / year	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
winter Olympics										6th				5.
World championships		8th.	6th				4th	1.	4th	4th	3.	4th	2.	3.	Z
European championships			6th	5.			1.	1.	4th	3.	3.	2.	3.	3.	2.
Junior World Championships	2.	1.	1.		2.
Russian championships		6th	2.	4th	5.	6th	2.	2.	2.	3.	2.	2.	2.	1.

Petrowa and Tichonow at the 2004 World Cup in Dortmund

Web links

Commons : Marija Igorewna Petrowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Petrowa and Tichonow in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Marija Igorewna Petrowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )