Maria Orlova

{{short description|Russian skeleton racer}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Maria Orlova | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Russian | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leningrad, Soviet Union | height = 1.65 m | weight = 67 kg | website = | country = {{RUS}} | sport = Skeleton | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's skeleton}} {{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{Medal|DQ|2015 Winterberg|Mixed team}} {{MedalEuropeanChampionships}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Igls|Women}} }} '''Maria Sergeyevna Orlova''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Сергеевна Орлова}}; born 14 April 1988) is a Russian skeleton racer who joined the national squad in 2008. Orlova's best Skeleton World Cup finish was 3rd place in one of the 2012–13 season's stages. She won the silver medal at the European Championships 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2013/01/18/a_4932305.shtml|title=Золотая молодежь|publisher=Gazeta.ru|accessdate=December 15, 2013}}</ref> She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but was disqualified on 22 November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web| title=IOC Disciplinary Commission | url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-009-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Operative-Part-Mariia-ORLOVA.pdf#_ga=2.237313603.2130718839.1511363399-1668388724.1484259175 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044038/https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-009-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Operative-Part-Mariia-ORLOVA.pdf | archive-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IBSF|122493|Maria Orlova}} * {{Olympics.com profile|maria-orlova}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|or/mariya-orlova-1|Mariya Orlova|archive=20161203182003}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orlova, Maria}} Category:1988 births Category:Russian female skeleton racers Category:Living people Category:Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic skeleton racers for Russia Category:Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases Category:Doping cases in skeleton Category:21st-century Russian sportswomen