Biography
Mariya POVKH
 UKRAINIAN CANOE FEDERATION
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| Female | |
| 08/01/1989 | |
| 166 | |
| 64 |
| Athlete entered in: | |||
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| other members of the team: | Liudmyla KUKLINOVSKA | ||
| other members of the team: |
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Inna HRYSHCHUN | |
| Mariia KICHASOVA-SKORYK | |||
| Anastasiia TODOROVA | |||
| NICKNAME: | mashapovkh | |
| PREV. NAMES: | Vasylevska | |
| HOBBIES: | Shopping, mountain biking, reading novels | |
| SPORTING RELATIVES: | My father competed in the 1976 Olympic Games in Equestrian | |
| OTHER SPORTS: | Cross country skiing | |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Povkh competed at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, with a best finish of fourth in the K4 500 in Brazil. Povkh is a two-time European Games medallist in the K2 200, winning gold in 2019 after bronze in 2015. | |
| FACEBOOK: | https://www.facebook.com/mariya.povkh | |
| INSTAGRAM: | https://www.instagram.com/mariyapovkh | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | I live and train in Lutsk, Kiev in Ukraine | |
| LANGUAGES: | Ukrainian, Russian, English (so so) | |
| HIGHER EDUCATION: | I completed magisterial of Olympic Sport in 2011 through Volynskyi National University | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | I started canoeing in 2001, in my native town Lutsk. It was love at first sight. | |
| MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER: | My husband Roman knows how to motivate me | |
| HERO/IDOL: | Usain Bolt because he has won so many Olympic gold medals but still seems like a nice guy | |
| SUPERSTITIONS/ RITUALS/ BELIEFS: | I believe in God. He is always with me and helps me | |
| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | I believe that what happened, happened for the best | |
| FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE: | I like to paddle in Racice because it's where I won my first international medals | |
| FAVOURITE FOOD: | Grilled rabbit | |
| FAVOURITE MUSIC: | Classic | |
| AMBITIONS : | Olympic medal | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | Athlete of the year in my country in 2015, life membership of my National Federation | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Roman Povkh | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR: | 2010 | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION: | World Championships | |
| SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION: | Poznan | |
| MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT: | Performing my best run in Baku at first European Games |
2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Aug 24 11:32 |
Women's 500m K2 SENIOR Heats 3 |
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3
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01:44.993
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Aug 24 17:38 |
Women's 500m K2 SENIOR Semifinal 2 |
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1
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01:43.863
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Aug 25 12:14 |
Women's 500m K4 SENIOR Heats 1 |
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3
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01:33.361
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Aug 26 11:47 |
Women's 500m K2 SENIOR Final A |
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4
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01:41.115
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Aug 26 17:07 |
Women's 500m K4 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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1
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01:32.917
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Aug 27 11:47 |
Women's 500m K4 SENIOR Final A |
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5
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01:32.031
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