Biography
Mariya POVKH
Mariya POVKH
UKRAINIAN CANOE FEDERATION UKRAINIAN CANOE FEDERATION
Female
08/01/1989
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Athlete entered in:
other members of the team: Svitlana AKHADOVA
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
2016 EUROPEAN CANOE SPRINT OLYMPIC QUALIFIER
Results
 
 



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