Career
Kryuchkova competed at the 2002 Junior European Championships in Patras, Greece, winning team gold and placing sixth on floor. In 2003, she won team bronze at the WOGA Classic in Texas, USA. Later that year, she swept the Friendship Classic. In 2004, she did not make the Russian team for the European Championships, but won gold on floor, and placed fifth in the all-around and eighth on vault at the Russian Cup. She was named to the Russian team for the Olympic Games in Athens, where she contributed to a team bronze medal.Death
Kryuchkova died of an embolism on 8 March 2015, at age 26.Competitive history
See also
* List of Olympic female gymnasts for RussiaReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kryuchkova, Maria 1988 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Rostov-on-Don Russian female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Russia Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in gymnastics Deaths from embolism Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics