Mayya Petrovna Kostiina (May 9, 1942, p. Shikhazany , Kanashsky District , Chuvash ASSR , RSFSR , USSR ) - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR in parachuting (1975). Five-time world champion; the owner of 38 world records, Europe and the USSR; absolute champion of Europe (1975) and Games of the peoples of the USSR ( 1967 , 1971 ). Made about 7,000 parachute jumps.
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Six-time absolute champion of the RSFSR, absolute champion of the USSR DOSAAF, absolute champion of the USSR, absolute champion of the Golden Sands cup, absolute champion of the cup of famous Bulgarian parachutists, four-time absolute champion of the primacy of socialist countries, absolute champion of Europe, five-time world champion. Kostina set 38 sports records, has 35 cups, 120 medals, 75 of them are gold. Total made about 7,000 parachute jumps.
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Biography
Maya's father at the time of her birth was at the front, went through the whole Great Patriotic War and the war with Japan. Lived in Mongolia, in Ulan Bator . Then they lived in the Zavolzhsky village of Sosnovka , where Maya went to grade 1. The desire to become a parachutist did not come true immediately - the girl fell ill. Training began only after 2 years. Maya worked as a tower crane operator, graduated from the 10th grade of the school for working youth.
In May 1959, made the first jump. In 1961, the opportunity to engage in glider sports. Fulfilled the program of the first year of study, but the dream of becoming a pilot was not resting From the flying club she was sent to study at the Saransk Summer School of Instructors. There, Maya was fascinated by parachute competitions.
The first serious success came in 1963 . She made her debut at the All-Union competition in Volchansk (Ukraine), where she won the first bronze medal in life for acrobatics in the sky. In the championship of the RSFSR in the long jump was the second. Included in the Russian team. In the USSR championship Maya justified the trust - won the title of absolute champion. In addition, she fulfilled the standard of the master of sports and joined the national team.
In 1966, Kostina brought five gold and two silver medals from the World Parachuting Championship in Leipzig . Soon paratroopers of the USSR national team undertook a real assault on world records in Tashkent. 43 higher achievements updated masters of the USSR in group jumps. On Maya Kostina’s account, there were 13. In the city of Kuybyshev (now Samara ) in the RSFSR championship, she made her thousandth jump. In long jumps Kostina won the title of absolute champion of Russia. A year later, in Varna, in the traditional Golden Sands Cup, in the program on the accuracy of landing on the beach and on the water, M. Kostina became the owner of the crystal cup for the victory in Bulgaria. 1970, Yugoslavia. Maya is participating in the World Championship for the second time. In acrobatic jumps she took only fourth place. In general, Kostina rose five times to the most honorable level of the podium at world championships.
Promotes a healthy lifestyle .
Awards
- Medal "For services to the city of Cheboksary" ( August 13, 2015 ) - for outstanding personal contribution to increasing the fame and authority of the city of Cheboksary in the Russian Federation and abroad [1]
Family
With husband Anatoly Osipov raised sons. Senior - Alexander, a military pilot, a major; Junior - Oleg, a programmer.
Notes
- ↑ Kostina Maya Petrovna was awarded the medal "For merits to the city of Cheboksary" (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is September 11, 2015. Archived December 22, 2015.