POGREBNIAK Mariia

Pogreb (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Walking, going to the cinema, watching films. (boscobrand.ru, 02 Jul 2021; Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Athlete

English, Russian

VVA Podmoskovye [Monino, RUS]

Andrey Kuzin [club, national], RUS

Forward (vva-podmoskovie.ru, 05 Apr 2021)

2021 for Russian Federation Against Romania, in Lisbon, Portugal (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

In 2017 she tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her knee, which required nine months of rehabilitation. In 2019 she suffered a relapse with the injury and was sidelined for a further 10 to 11 months. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

She began playing rugby in 2016, at age 20, in Krasnoznamensk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

She switched from athletics to playing rugby. "At the time I was approached to switch to rugby, I was at such a stage in athletics that I was already backing out and was about to end my professional career. That winter at the Russian [athletics] championships, [rugby coach] Ekaterina Ksenofontova was viewing different girls, and she came up to me. I was flattered to be noticed and appreciated from the outside. At that moment, that invitation to play rugby breathed new life into me, and I felt cheerful and enthusiastic. It was what I needed and I was very interested in the sport, because I had never heard anything about it before." (vva-podmoskovie.ru, 05 Apr 2021; rugby.ru, 05 Mar 2021)

Competing at the 2021 Europe Championships. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Her mother. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

"My main ritual is a full-fledged volumetric warm-up with motivating music in the background and sleeping no more than six hours in order to keep light stress." (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

"We do not hide and run away. We endure and win." (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

She has received the title of Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (vva-podmoskovie.ru, 05 Apr 2021)