Maria Bulanova

For the Russian ballet dancer, see Maria Bulanova (ballet dancer).
Maria Bulanova
Born
Maria Bulanova

(1998-10-13) October 13, 1998 (age 26)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationTen-pin bowler
Years active2005–present

Maria Bulanova (born October 13, 1998) is a right-handed ten-pin bowler from Moscow, Russia, and is considered one of the top players on the Federation of Bowling of Russia. The youngest holder of the highest Russian's bowling sports rank - Master of sports of Russia of the international class. Russian national team (youth & adult) member since 2012. Champion of Russia 2013-2015, the first in Russian history individual[1] and team[2] gold winner in international youth championships. Fifteen time prize winner of European youth championships (3 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze). Winner of European Champions Cup 2015. The first Russian athlete to win a Gold medal in an international adult championship.[3] She is a member of team Alliance (Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia) and a member of the Brunswick pro staff.

In September 2013, Bulanova became the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title, at age 14.[4][5][6]

In March 2016 she broke the record over 6 games in singles of European Youth Championships by a score of 1470.[7][8]

She studied at Vanderbilt University (class 2020) in Nashville, TN. Representing the Vanderbilt Commodores as a part of their Women’s Bowling Team - National Collegiate Athletic Association's National Bowling Championships 2018.[9][10][11] 2 times First-team All-American (2017,[12] 2019[13]) and Second-team All-American 2018.[14] The National Rookie of the Year 2017.[12] The Division I Player of the Year 2019.[15][13][16] Bulanova included in Russian bowling Hall of fame since 2014[17] and was awarded the Female Amateur Athlete of the Year 2019 honoree of Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.[18][19]

Personal stats

  • Throws: Right
  • Hometown: Moscow, Russia
  • 300 games: 3
  • Highest 3-game series: 809
  • Highest 6-game series: 1483[citation needed]

Titles and awards

  • 4-time prizewinner on European Youth Championships 2013 (1 silver and 3 bronze medals)[20]
  • Winner of RedExpress Russian Open 2013 (12th step of European Bowling Tour)[4][5][6][21]
  • Champion of Russia 2013[22][23]
  • Champion of European Youth Championship 2014 in singles[1][24] and team events, silver in all events[2][25]
  • Champion of Russia on Russian Team Championships 2014 in all women events - doubles, trios, teams and individual all event[26]
  • 3rd place on 5th Russian Open 2014 (13th step of EBT)[27]
  • 4th place and special prize for best women result (299) in one game on 50th Bowling World Cup 2014.[28]
  • Champion of Russia 2014.[29]
  • Winner of 2nd Hurghada Open [30]
  • 4-time prizewinner on European Youth Championships 2015 (1 silver and 3 bronze medals)[31][32]
  • Champion of Russia on Russian Championships 2015 in all women events - singles, doubles, trios, teams and all events. Rolled the lone women's 300.[33]
  • Winner of European Champions Cup 2015[3]
  • 3rd place on 51st Bowling World Cup 2015[34]
  • Champion of European Youth Championship 2016 in singles, silver in all events, teams and masters.[8][35]
  • Owner of the European Tenpin Bowling Federation's record over 6 games in Singles of European Youth Championships by a score of 1470.[7]
  • Vice-champion on European Champions Cup 2016 [36]
  • Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Month for December 2016 [37]
  • In the season 2016–2017 was named first-team All-American and the national Rookie of the Year [12]
  • In the season 2017–2018 was named second-team All-American[14]
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowling National Champion 2018[9][10][11]
  • Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Month for October 2018 [38]
  • Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Month for February 2019 [39]
  • In the season 2018–2019 was named Southland Bowling League Player of the Year and All-Conference First Team[40][41]
  • In the season 2018–2019 was named the Division I Player of the Year and first-team All-American[15][13][16]
  • In 2019 was awarded the Female Amateur Athlete of the Year 2019 honoree of Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame[18][19]
  • Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Month for January 2020 [42]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bulanova continues to impress with singles gold". Talktenpin.net. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Bulanova key to Russian gold". Talktenpin.net. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Joonas Jähi, Maria Bulanova shoot big games to win 38th European Champions Cup". Bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b "14-year-old Russian becomes the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title". Bowlingdigital.com. 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Youngest Player To Ever Win EBT Stop Bowled With Brunswick". BRUNSWICK. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Ein Teenager gewinnt die Russian Open 2013". Deutsche bowling union. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. ^ a b "EYC 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland". ETBF by Kim Thorsgaard Jensen. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Maria Bulanova, Patrik Sörensen win gold medals in Singles". Bowlingdigital.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Bowling claims 2018 NCAA title". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  10. ^ a b "Vanderbilt BOwling Upends McKendree for 2018 NCAA Championship". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  11. ^ a b "Vanderbilt claims 2018 NCAA bowling title". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  12. ^ a b c "Poss, Bulanova are All-Americans". Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  13. ^ a b c "2018-19 NTCA PRESS RELEASE" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  14. ^ a b "Bulanova, Quah are All-Americans". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. ^ a b "Vanderbilt's Maria Bulanova was named the Division I Player of the Year". Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  16. ^ a b "Maria Bulanova was named the Division I Player of the Year at the NCAA's annual Awards Dinner Wednesday night". Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  17. ^ "Russian Bowling Hall of Fame".
  18. ^ a b "Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Honors Inductees and Award Recipients at 2019 Induction Ceremony". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  19. ^ a b "Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  20. ^ "EYC 2013 - European Youth Championships". Talktenpin.net. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  21. ^ "Youngest Player To Ever Win EBT Stop Bowled With Brunswick". Brunswick. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Vladimir Sverchkov, Maria Bulanova emerge as 2013 Russian National Champions". Bowlingdigital.com. 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  23. ^ "2013 Russian National Champions". Brunswick. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  24. ^ "Markus Bergendorff, Maria Bulanova emerge as Singles champions". Bowlingdigital.com. 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  25. ^ "Brunswick Staffer Wins Two Gold And One Silver At The European Youth Championships". Brunswick. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  26. ^ "Bulanova, Parshukov emerge as All Events champions at Russian Team Championship 2014". Bowlingdigital.com. 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  27. ^ "Russian becomes the third woman in 2014 to win a European Bowling Tour title". Bowlingdigital.com. 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  28. ^ "16-year-old Maria Bulanova of Russia - a player who had become arguably the tournament's greatest story". Bowlersjournal. 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  29. ^ "Maria Bulanova, Alexey Fedin sweep the titles for Nizny Novgorod in Russian Championships". Bowlingdigital.com. 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  30. ^ "Pavel Sobolev, Maria Bulanova capture the titles in 2nd Hurghada Open". bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  31. ^ "EYC 2015 - European Youth Championships, Singles and All events". bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  32. ^ "EYC 2015 - European Youth Championships, Masters event". bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  33. ^ "Maria Bulanova, Alexey Parshukov dominate Russian Championships 2015". Bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  34. ^ "51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  35. ^ "Ahokas, Bulanova earn silver". Bowlingdigital.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  36. ^ "European Champions Cup 2016". Bowlingdigital.com. 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  37. ^ "Southland Conference - Maria Bulanova Named Southland Bowler of the Month". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  38. ^ "VANDERBILT'S MARIA BULANOVA CAPTURES BOWLER OF THE MONTH HONORS". Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  39. ^ "Vanderbilt's Maria Bulanova is the Southland Conference's Bowler of the Month for February". Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  40. ^ "Vanderbilt's Maria Bulanova is the 2019 Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Year". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  41. ^ "The Southland Bowling League has announced the first-ever Southland Bowling All-Conference teams". Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  42. ^ "Vanderbilt's Maria Bulanova is the Southland Bowler of the Month for January". Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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Pictures

Maria Bulanova, twice champion of European Youth Championship 2014 (singles & team events) and silver prize winner in all events
Prize winners of European Youth Championship 2014 in singles event with champion Maria Bulanova
Maria Bulanova