Maria Alexandrovna Kisseljowa

Maria Alexandrovna Kisseljowa
Kisseljowa (2011)
Personal information
Surname:	Maria Kisseljowa
Nation:	Russia
Swimming style (s) :	Synchronized swimming
Society:	Dynamo Moscow
Birthday:	September 28, 1974
Place of birth:	Kuybyshev , Soviet Union
Size:	1.74 m
Weight:	58 kg
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 2 × 0 × 0 × EM medals 9 × 0 × 0 ×

Marija Alexandrowna Kisseljowa ( Russian Мария Александровна Киселёва ; born September 28, 1974 in Kujbyshev , Soviet Union ) is a Russian synchronized swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion and nine-time European champion. Kisseljowa is also a presenter, sports commentator and actress.

Athletic career

Kisseljowa was three times Olympic champion in synchronized swimming with Olga Brusnikina ( 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens ), once in a duet and twice in a team.

In 1998 in Perth and 2003 in Barcelona Kisseljowa became world champion in synchronized swimming with the Russian team.

At the European Championships Kisseljowa was able to win the European Championship nine times, four times in a duet and five times in a team.

Life after exercise

From 2001 to 2005 Kisseljowa presented the quiz program Slaboje sweno on the First Channel , in Germany the format is known as The weakest flies . From 2001 to 2002 she also moderated the sports news on the NTW television channel .

Kisseljowa played the role of Varvara Ivolgina in the Russian television series Idiot in 2003 (based on the novel of the same name by Dostoevsky , directed by Vladimir Bortko ) and in 2007 a small role in the Russian science fiction film Paragraph 78 - The Game of Death .

Kisseljowa is Russian Orthodox and has been married to the swimmer Vladimir Kirssanov since August 2001, with whom she has two daughters - Darja and Alexandra.

Awards

• Honored Master of Sports in Russia (2000)
• Order of Honor (2001)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland (2005)
• In 2010 Kisseljowa was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame .

Web links

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

• Marija Alexandrowna Kisseljowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Marija Kisseljowa on olympic.org (English)
• Marija Kisseljowa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Olympic results 1984-2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Article from October 1, 2001 at novayagazeta.ru (Russian)
2. ↑ idiot in the Internet Movie Database (English)
3. ↑ Russian Film Encyclopedia ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) 
4. ↑ Interview from July 5, 2010 on foma.ru (Russian)
5. ↑ Kisseleva's biography on biograph.ru (Russian)
6. ↑ Olympic Encyclopedia, 2006 ( Memento from May 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Russian)
7. ↑ Ukas of the Russian President of April 19, 2001, No. 450 ( Memento of the original of December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) 
8. ↑ Ukas of the Russian President of April 19, 2001, № 450 (Russian)
9. ↑ Ukas of the Russian President of November 4, 2005, No. 1256 ( Memento of the original of December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian) 
10. ↑ 2010 Honor Synchronized Swimmer (English)