Maria Borodakova

As of August 24, 2012

Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko (Russian Мария Владимировна Бородакова, English transcription: Maria Vladimirovna Borisenko; born March 8, 1986 in Nizhny Novgorod Maria Vladimirovna Borodakowa ) is a Russian volleyball player. She was twice World Champion and participated in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Career

Borisenko began her career in 2001 at Stinol Lipetsk. From 2002 to 2004 it belonged to the Russian junior national team and participated in several junior tournaments. In 2004 she moved to the UK Dynamo Moscow. In their first season in Moscow, she was Russian runners-up. In addition, the middle blocker in 2005 made ​​his debut in the senior national team, with which she finished in third place at the European Championship. In 2006 she was Russian champion and stood with Dynamo in the final of the Top Teams Cup against Asystel Volley Novara. With Russia it reached second place in the Grand Prix. She was subsequently in Japan by defeating Brazil for the first time world champion. After title defense in the league, they reached the final of the 2007 Champions League final against Foppapedretti Bergamo. At Euro 2007, she was with Russia third.

2008, there was enough in the Russian championship only to second place before Borisenko with Moscow in 2009 again won the title, and also came for the second time in the Champions League final, which was again lost to Bergamo. The national team finished second in the Grand Prix 2009. 2009 / 10 played middle blocker for a year in Turkey at Istanbul Eczacıbaşı and was third in the league. Then she returned to the domestic league and won with their new club Dynamo Kazan VK the Russian Cup. At the World Championships in Japan, she succeeded with Russia by a 3-2 win over Brazil to defend the title. 2011 and 2012 she won with Kazan in the national championship. In London, she took part in the 2012 Olympics and finished there after from the quarter-finals in fifth place.