Maria Alexandrovna Demidova (August 1, 1988, Omsk - July 26, 2013, ibid.) - Russian biathlete , IBU Cup participant , champion and medalist of the Russian championship , silver medalist of the World Summer Biathlon Championship (2010). Master of Sports of Russia .
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| Full name | Maria Alexandrovna Demidova | ||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Russia | ||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | August 1, 1988 | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Omsk , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | July 26, 2013 (24 years) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Omsk , Russia | ||||||||||||
| Accommodation | Omsk → Krasnoyarsk , Russia | ||||||||||||
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Biography
She started biathlon at the Omsk Regional Ski Center, under the guidance of her father A.S. Demidov and Vladimir Semenovich Anisimov [1] . Subsequently she played for the Biathlon Academy ( Krasnoyarsk ), trained by Ilgiz Nurgoyanovich Samigullin. At domestic competitions represented the Krasnoyarsk Territory .
Junior career
In 2005, she took second place at the Games of Russian students. In 2007 she became the bronze medalist of the Russian Championship among girls in the relay. In 2008, she won the sprint and won the silver medal in the relay at the national championship among juniors in summer biathlon .
In 2007, at the World Junior Biathlon World Championships in Otepää, she finished seventh in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit race.
In the winter biathlon she took part in the world junior championships in 2008 in Ruhpolding and in 2009 in Canmore , but did not rise above the 18th place.
In the 2007/08 season, she participated in the IBU Junior Cup races.
Adult Careers
In the season 2009/10 participated in the IBU Cup . At the debut stage in Haute-Morienne took ninth place in the sprint, and in the pursuit race showed the best result in his career - fourth place. Twice she made it to the top 10 at the stage in Val Martello .
At the 2010 World Summer Biathlon Championships in Duszniki-Zdroj, she won a silver medal in the mixed relay as part of the Russian team, along with Yevgenia Sedova , Andrei Makoveev and Yevgeny Garanichev , and was ninth in the sprint and 20th in the pursuit.
At the level of the championship of Russia, she won gold medals in the relay in 2010, was also a silver medalist in 2010 in the superpath and in 2012 in the team race.
In 2012, she completed her sports career and returned to Omsk. She died in a traffic accident on July 26, 2013, shortly before her 25th birthday, she was hit by a car while riding a bicycle [2] [3] . She was buried in the village of Muromtsevo Omsk region.