Maria Orlova

Marija Sergejewna Orlova (Russian Мария Сергеeвна Орлова; born April 14, 1988 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian skeleton athlete.

Maria Orlova lives in Saint Petersburg. In December 2008, she made her debut in Winterberg in the skeleton European Cup and was in her first race ninth, reaching the Top Ten. Only one of the eight races of the season they missed the top ten. Best was a sixth rank in Igls, in the overall standings, she was eighth. At the Junior World Championships 2010 in Koenigssee the Russian came on the ninth. Even better was the following season. Orlova again missed only one of the eight races of the season the top ten. The best results were fourth ranks in Koenigssee and St. Moritz. In the overall standings, she was behind Sophia Griebel, Michelle Bartleman and Micaela Widmer fourth. In the season 2010/ 11, the Russian went to all four international race series of skeleton sport. First, they took in the first race of the season at the Skeleton America's Cup 2010/2011 in Park City, where she was eleventh. Then she started for four races in Skeleton Intercontinental 2010/2011. Your first race she contested in Winterberg, where she was tenth. In Altenberg she reached seventh place with her ​​best result in the race series. In all four races she came in the top ten. After two races in the European Cup in Altenberg they played their first race in the World Cup. In her first race in Igls Orlova was already 19 in the second race in Winterberg she came in ninth in the top ten. There were also the Skeleton Championship 2011 in the EM- rating the Russian was sixth.