Marina Vladimirovna Kukina (born August 22, 1993 in Lipetsk ) is a Russian rugby player who plays for the club “RGUTIS-Moscow Region”. European Champion 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Master of Sports of Russia of international class [1] , Honored Master of Sports of Russia [2] .
 Marina Kukina | ||||
| general information | ||||
| Full name | Marina Vladimirovna Kukina | |||
| Date of Birth | August 22, 1993 (25 years old) | |||
| Place of Birth | Lipetsk , Russia | |||
| Citizenship |  Russia | |||
| Club Information | ||||
| Club | RGUTIS-Moscow Region | |||
| Career | ||||
| Youth clubs | ||||
| OK SSHOR (Lipetsk) | ||||
| Club career * | ||||
| RGUTIS-Moscow Region | ||||
| National team** | ||||
| 2014 — n. at. | Russia (rugby 7) | |||
* The number of games and points for a professional club is counted for the National League, Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. ** The number of games and points for the national team in official matches. | ||||
| Awards | ||||
| European Championships (rugby 7) | ||||
| Gold | Moscow / Brive-la-Gaillarde 2014 | |||
| Gold | Moscow / Malmor-sur-Correse 2016 | |||
| Gold | Kazan / Malmor-sur-Correse 2017 | |||
| Gold | Kazan / Marcoussis 2018 | |||
| Gold | Marcoussie / Kharkiv 2019 | |||
| Silver | Kazan / Malmor-sur-Correse 2015 | |||
State and departmental awards
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Career
Marina Kukina began to play rugby in Lipetsk when she came to the stadium to support her brother. She studied at the sports school of the Olympic reserve, then entered the Moscow State University of Service [3] . He has been playing for RGUTIS-Moscow Region since moving to Moscow.
As part of the Russian national rugby 7 team, she won the European Championships 2014, 2016 [4] , 2017 [5] , 2018 [6] and 2019 [7] . In 2015, at the stage of the World Rugby Series in Dubai, she and the team reached the Cup final, knocking out the New Zealand team along the way and took 2nd place with the team [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Lipetsk public organization Rugby Federation (rus.)
- ↑ Order of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation of October 17, 2018
- ↑ Lipchanka helped the Russian national rugby team win a historic victory over New Zealand (Russian)
- ↑ Rugby 7. Marina Kukina - two-time European champion! (unavailable link) (Russian)
- ↑ Russian women's rugby 7 team won the European Grand Prix series in Kazan (Russian)
- ↑ Russian women's rugby 7 team became the European champion for the fifth time! (Rus.)
- ↑ Russian women's rugby 7 team is the strongest in Europe! (Rus.)
- ↑ Rugby is not a women's sport? Say it to the Russian rugby 7 team! (Rus.)