Maria Koroleva

Club: Stanford University

Event: Team
Height: 5’6"
Date of Birth: April 10, 1990
Birthplace: Yaroslavl, Russia
Hometown: Concord, Calif.
Current Residence: Concord, Calif.

Career Highlights

2012 - Qualified in duet (with Mary Killman) for the 2012 Olympic Games with 7th-place finish at FINA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament; Spanish Winter Open: Technical Team 3rd, Free Team 3rd

2011 - Pan American Games: Team 2nd, Duet 2nd; FINA World Championships: Technical Team 9th, Free Team 10th; Barcelona Trophy: Team 4th; Collegiate Nationals: Team 1st, Duet 1st; Trio 4th; FINA World Trophy: Team 6th

2010 - Collegiate Nationals: Trio 2nd, Duet 3rd 

2009 - Collegiate Nationals: Team 2nd, Trio 3rd, Duet 5th, figures 2nd; U.S. Nationals: Team 3rd, Duet 4th.
2008 - Junior Nationals: Team 1st, Trio 1st, Duet 2nd, Figures 4th; Senior Nationals: Team 5th, Duet 10th
2007 - Junior Nationals: Team 2nd, Trio 2nd, Duet 2nd, Figures 9th; Senior Nationals: Team 4th, Duet 6th
2006 - Junior Nationals: Team 2nd, Trio 1st, Duet 4th; Senior Nationals: Team 4th
2005 - Comen Cup: Team 7th, Duet 9th; Junior Nationals: Team 2nd,
Duet 3rd; Senior Nationals: Team 3rd
2004 - Junior Nationals: Team 4th, Trio 5th

Personal

Daughter of Svetlana and Nikolay Koroleva…Member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority at Stanford University and is majoring in communications…Also participated in rhythmic gymnastics...Has dual citizenship (U.S. and Russia)...Cites biggest obstacle as waiting several years to try out for the U.S. National Team due to waiting for her U.S. citizenship to be approved...Speaks fluent Russian, and loves chocolate and tuna melts...Club affiliations include Walnut Creek Aquanuts 1999-2008, Stanford University 2008-present