Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko

Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko
portrait
Date of birth	March 8, 1986
place of birth	Gorky , Soviet Union
size	1.90 m
position	Middle block
societies
2001–2004 2004–2009 2009–2010 since 2010	Stinol Lipetsk VK Dynamo Moscow Eczacıbaşı Istanbul VK Dynamo Kazan
National team
2002–2004 since 2005	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011, 2012 2012	Russian runner-up European championship third Russian champions finalist Top Teams Cup finalist Grand Prix world champion Russian master Champions League finalist European championship third Russian runner-up Russian champions Champions League finalist finalist Grand Prix Russian cup winners World champion Russian champions Olympic fifth
Status: August 24, 2012

Marija Vladimirovna Borissenko ( Russian Мария Владимировна Бородакова , English transcription: Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko ; born March 8, 1986 in Gorki as Marija Vladimirovna Borodakowa) is a Russian volleyball player . She became world champion twice and took part in the 2012 Olympics.

Career

Borissenko started her career in 2001 at Stinol Lipetsk . From 2002 to 2004 she was part of the Russian national junior team and took part in various youth tournaments. In 2004 she moved to VK Dynamo Moscow . In her first season in Moscow she was the Russian runner-up. In addition, the middle blocker made her debut in 2005 in the senior national team , with which she took third place at the European Championships . In 2006 she became Russian champion and stood with Dynamo in the final of the Top Teams Cup against Asystel Volley Novara . With Russia, she reached second place in the Grand Prix . She then became world champion for the first time in Japan with a win against Brazil . After defending the title in the league, she reached the 2007 Champions League final against Foppapedretti Bergamo . At the EM 2007 she was third again with Russia.

In 2008 it was only enough for second place in the Russian championship before Borissenko won the title again with Moscow in 2009 and also made it to the Champions League final for the second time , which was lost again to Bergamo. The national team finished second in the 2009 Grand Prix . In 2009/10, the middle blocker played a year in Turkey at Eczacıbaşı Istanbul and was third in the league. Then she returned to the domestic league and won the Russian Cup with her new club VK Dynamo Kazan . At the World Cup in Japan , she defended her title with Russia by beating Brazil 3-2. In 2011 and 2012 she won the national championship with Kazan. In London, she took part in the 2012 Olympic Games , where she finished fifth after being eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at Dynamo Kazan (English)