Mariya Shorets

Mariya Shorets at the European Championships in Pontevedra, 2011. Mariya Shorets at the European Cup triathlon in Quarteira, 2011.

Mariya Sergeyevna Shorets (Russian Мария Сергеевна Шорец, born 9 August 1990, in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian professional triathlete and the 2016 World Aquathlon Champion. Russian U23 Champion of the year 2011, bronze medalist in the Elite ranking, and a member of the National Team.

On 30 December 2010, the title Master of Sports (International Class) was conferred upon two Saint Petersburg based triathletes, Shorets and Olga Dmitrieva.

In 2010, Shorets represented the club Triathlon SC Riederau in the German circuit Bundesliga.

In 2011, Shorets is also a member of the French elite club TOCC (Triathlon Olympique Club Cessonais), like many other foreign guest stars (e.g. Zsófia Kovács, Zsófia Tóth, Aileen Morrison and Non Stanford) and could take part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the two first triathlons of the 2011 circuit, however, Shorets was not among the five triathletes nominated by TOCC.

Like Natalia Shliakhtenko, Mariya Shorets lives in Saint Petersburg, attends a High Performance Sports School for future Olympians (Государственное образовательное учреждение среднего профессионального образования "Санкт-Петербургское училище олимпийского резерва № 1", г. Санкт-Петербург) and represents the club or rather nationwide sports association Dynamo (Динамо).

ITU Competitions In the five years from 2006 to 2010, Shorets took part in 13 ITU competitions and achieved 9 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank 2006-10-18 Junior European Cup Alanya 4 2007-10-24 Junior European Cup Alanya 2 2008-05-10 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 5 2008-06-05 World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 33 2008-06-28 Junior European Cup Holten 8 2008-09-06 Junior European Cup Pulpí 3 2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini 11 2008-10-26 Junior European Cup Alanya 3 2009-08-08 Junior European Cup Tiszaújváros 4 2009-10-25 Premium European Cup Alanya DNF 2010-04-11 European Cup Quarteira 8 2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 13 2010-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 4 2011-03-20 Pan American Cup Santiago 5 2011-03-27 Pan American Cup Valparaiso 2 2011-04-09 European Cup Quarteira 16 2011-06-04 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 43 2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra 19 2011-06-26 European Championships (Elite Mix Relay) Pontevedra 4 2011-07-03 European Cup Penza DNF 2011-08-14 World Cup Tiszaújváros 6 2011-08-20 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 27

DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

In 2016, at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Mariya Shorets finished 25th in the triathlon competition.

On 14 September 2016, in Cozumel, Mariya Shorets became a World Champion at ITU Aquathlon World Championships.

On 17 September 2016, in Cozumel, at the 2016 World Triathlon Championship Series Grand Final organized by the International Triathlon Union, Maria Shorets finished 9th.