Mariia Udachina

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Cerebral Palsy

Origin of Impairment

Congenital

Classification

S1, SB1, SM1

Further personal information

Residence

Arkhangelsk, RUS

Languages

Russian

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?

She began going to a swimming pool in 2006. It took her four years to get comfortable in the water, and she started swimming two years later.

Why this sport?

Her parents took her to a swimming pool for rehabilitation. Coach Elena Yakovleva realised that it was possible to train her seriously six years later.

Club / Team

Arkhangelsk Regional Adaptive Sports School: Russia

Name of coach

Elena Yakovleva [personal], RUS

General interest

Nicknames

Masha (VK profile, 08 Jun 2020)

Hobbies

Learning to speak English, going to the cinema and the theatre, watching sport, reading. (29.ru, 16 Nov 2018; dvina29.ru, 26 May 2016)

Awards and honours

In 2017 and 2018 she was named among the Best Para Athletes in the Arkhangelsk region of the Russian Federation. (news29.ru, 23 Dec 2018; izvestia29.ru, 24 Dec 2017)

She has received the title of Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (paralymp.ru, 18 May 2019; minsport.gov.ru, 28 Dec 2018)

Ambitions

To win medals at the Paralympic Games. (29.ru, 16 Nov 2018)