Mária Homolová

Last updated
Maria Homolova
Country representedFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Born (1987-09-29) 29 September 1987 (age 37)
Zvolen
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
(Slovakia national team)
Years on national team1997 - 2012

Maria Homolova (born 29 September 1987 in Zvolen [1] ) is a former Slovak female artistic gymnast and member of the national team. She participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. [2] [3] This was her first Olympic Games, having narrowly missed qualifying for both the Athens and Beijing Games (missing out in 2008 by three one-hundredths of a point). [4] After suffering many injuries during her career (including a damaged Achillies tendon in the run up to the 2008 Olympics), she retired after the 2012 Olympics. [5]

She was the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2011 Slovakian national gymnastics champion in the all-around. [6] [7] She was also junior champion in 2000, 2001 and 2003. [7]

She has studied Media Communications. [6] [7]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Becky Downie</span> British artistic gymnast

Rebecca Lauren Downie is a British artistic gymnast who competed at the 2008, 2016, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is a double European champion and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion on the uneven bars as well as the 2019 World silver medallist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ján Mucha</span> Slovak footballer

Ján Mucha is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is also involved in football trade unions as a footballing expert in the media.

The Slovak Footballer of the Year Awards are annual awards given to the best Slovak football players playing abroad or in the Fortuna Liga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matylda Pálfyová</span> Czechoslovak/Slovak gymnast

Matylda Vilma Pálfyová was a Slovak gymnast who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, helping her team to a silver medal. She was the first female Slovak Olympic medalist and world champion. She also competed at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she won two gold medals in team, vault and the bronze medal in the all-around competitions.

The Artistic Gymnastics World Cup is a competition series for artistic gymnastics sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the few tournaments in artistic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the World Championships and the gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games and the Youth Olympics. Beginning in the 2017-2020 quadrennium, the All-Around and Individual Apparatus World Cup series are used to qualify a maximum of seven spots to the Olympic Games.

Kytra Tinisha Hunter is a former American artistic gymnast who competed for the University of Florida from 2011–15. One of Florida's most decorated gymnasts, Hunter is a 25-time All-American and a four-time individual NCAA national champion. She was a 2012 and 2015 recipient of the Honda Award.

Victoria Ashley Moors OLY is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the older sister of 2020 Olympic gymnast Brooklyn Moors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 European Games</span> Sport competition

The 1st European Games, also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015, were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 12 to 28 June 2015, and featured almost 6,000 athletes from 50 countries competing in 30 sports, including 15 summer Olympic and 2 non-Olympic sports.

Mária Gáliková is a racewalker from Slovakia.

Maria Paula Vargas is a Spanish female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.

Moldir Azimbay is a Kazakhstani female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.

Salma Mahmoud El Said Mohamed is an Egyptian female artistic gymnast and part of the national team.

Ivana Kováčová is a former Slovak female artistic gymnast and member of the national team.

Maria Apostolidi was a Greek female artistic gymnast, and represented her nation at international competitions.

Park Kyung Ah was a South Korean female artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions.

Eleni Doika is a Greek group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.

Katarína "Katka" Prokešová is a Slovak former individual and double-mini trampolinist, representing her nation at international competitions.

Illya Vahramovych Tereshchenko, is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays for Lyubomyr Stavyshche.

Klaudia Kinská is a Slovak retired gymnast and bodybuilder. She competed in five events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monika Chochlíková</span> Slovak professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer

Monika Chochlíková is a Slovak professional Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. She won a gold medal in the WAKO world championships in 2019, and is the first Slovak fighter ever to win the WAKO European championships and IFMA European championships. In 2021 she won the WMC World Muaythai Title, the first female Slovak fighter to do so; she also won gold at the I.F.M.A. World Championship after four wins in the Female Elite -51 kg category, the first Slovak fighter ever to do so. In 2022 she won as first Muaythai fighter in The World Games IFMA after 3 winning fights.

References

  1. "Mária Homolová Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  2. "2011 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Maria Homolova". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. "BBC Sport - London 2012 Olympics - Maria Homolova : Slovakia, Gymnastics - Artistic". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  4. s., P E R E X , a. (2012-07-14). "Londýn bude vrcholom kariéry, tvrdí slovenská gymnastka Homolová - Pravda.sk". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-05-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Azet.sk. "Gymnastka Mária Homolová: Po olympiáde začína od nuly". aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-05-06.
  6. 1 2 s., SPORT.SK, s.r.o. & Azet.sk, a. "Mária Homolová" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-05-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. 1 2 3 a.s., Petit Press. "Mária Homolová: Naučila som sa prekonávať samu seba". zena.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2017-05-06.