Maria Homolova (born 29 September 1987 in
Zvolen
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) is a former Slovak female
artistic gymnast and member of the national team. She participated at the
2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. This was her first Olympic Games, having narrowly missed qualifying for both the
Athens
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and
Beijing Games (missing out in 2008 by three one-hundredths of a point). After suffering many injuries during her career (including a damaged Achillies tendon in the run up to the 2008 Olympics), she retired after the 2012 Olympics.
She was the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2011 Slovakian national gymnastics champion in the all-around.
She was also junior champion in 2000, 2001 and 2003.
She has studied Media Communications.
References
External links
*http://theolympicssports.com/other-sports/athlete-profile-%E2%80%93-maria-homolova-svk.html
*http://www.gymnastics.sk/wiw/homolova.html
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1kBbwK6uM
1987 births
Living people
Slovak female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts for Slovakia
Sportspeople from Zvolen
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