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| Born | (1990-09-05) September 5, 1990 (age 34) |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) |
| Life partner | Alexei Chaadaev |
| Sport | |
| Country | Template:Russia |
| Sport |  Freestyle skiing |
| Coached by | Vladimir Baryshnikov Mario Reyfettseder |
| Updated on 16 February 2014 | |
Maria Leonidovna Komissarova (Template:Lang-ru) is a Russian athlete who competes in freestyle skiing. She was due to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics, but during a training run before her event, she fractured a vertebra with a dislocation of her spine, rendering her unable to compete.
Career
At the 2012 World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland, Maria Komissarova became the first ever Russian woman to win a World Cup medal, coming second. She has been described as the "face of Russian freestyle skiing".
In 2013, surgery on a leg injury meant that Komissarova was unable to compete for six months.
Komissarova was due to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. However, in training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on 15 February 2014 in training on the ski cross course, she fractured a vertebra with a dislocation of her spine. Komissarova had major surgery for six and a half hours. The Russian Federation, for which she was competing, said "Doctors carried out the necessary examination and took the decision to operate on her on the spot". Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, said that "We hope that the operation will be successful and that she will be back". She was due to compete on the 21 February 2014, but it was announced after the accident that she would not be competing. The accident was the first serious accident with athletes at the Sochi Olympics.
On the same day Komissarova was admitted to hospital, on the evening of 15 February 2014, Vladimir Putin visited the skier and spoke to her father, saying that "doctors will do everything possible for her recovery".
On the 16 February 2014, the day after the incident, Komissarova was moved to a Munich hospital, and a spokesperson for the Russian freestyle ski federation stated that she was conscious, and doctors said she was in a "grave but stable" condition.
References
- Off-piste with Russia's female Olympians: Russia goes on the Sochi charm offensive..., Will Stuart, Daily Mail, 3 Feb 2014, retrieved 20 February 2014
- ^ "Sochi 2014: Maria Komissarova has surgery after breaking spine". BBC. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- "Maria KOMISSAROVA". Sochi.ru. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Hart, Simon (15 February 2014). "Winter Olympics 2014: Russian skier Maria Komissarova forced to undergo back surgery following training crash". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Injured skier Komissarova 'grave but stable' after spinal surgery". Fox Sports. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- "Sochi 2014: Putin visits skier Maria Komissarova in hospital". BBC. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- Lyall, Sarah, and Herszenhorn, David (16 February 2014). "Injured Russian Skier Is Moved to Germany". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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