Maria Monko

Maria Monko

Monko & Tkachenko (center) on the 2007-2008 JGPF podium.
Personal information
Country represented	Russia
Born	November 26, 1990 (1990-11-26) (age 20)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Former partner	Ilia Tkachenko Alexander Bortsov
Coach	Oleg Volkov, Alexei Gorshkov
Choreographer	Sergei Petukhov
Skating club	MDCH
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	175.72 2007 JGP Final
Comp. dance	34.99 2008 World Juniors
Original dance	56.62 2007 JGP Great Britain
Free dance	85.49 2007 JGP Final

Maria Monko (born November 26, 1990 in Kirov) is a Russian ice dancer.

Early in her career, Monko competed with Alexander Bortsov on the national level. From 2006 through 2008, she competed with Ilia Tkachenko. They teamed up in 2006 and were the 2007 Russian Junior national silver medalists. They placed 5th at the 2007 World Junior Championships. They are the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final champions. For the 2008–2009 season, they were assigned to Skate America and Trophée Eric Bompard and prepared new programs,^[1] however, they did not compete in either event. Their partnership dissolved in 2008.^[2]

Monko's sister Ksenia Monko is also an ice dancer.

Programs

(with Tkachenko)

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2007–2008	I'm Going Out on the Street (Russian: Вдоль по улице)	Song of the Spirit by Karl Jenkins
2006–2007	Tango Passion by Ástor Piazzolla	Romeo and Juliet

Competitive highlights

(with Tkachenko)

Event	2006–2007	2007–2008
World Junior Championships	5th	4th
Russian Junior Championships	2nd	2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final		1st
Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain		1st
Junior Grand Prix, Austria		2nd

(with Bortsov)

Event	2003–2004	2005–2006
Russian Championships	9th	10th

References

• Maria Monko at the International Skating Union
• "Maria Monko & Ilia Tkachenko". IceNetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=38861&mode=P. 

1. ^ Flade, Tatjana (July 20, 2008). "Monko and Tkachenko look for a strong senior debut". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2008/072008.shtml. Retrieved November 26, 2010. 
2. ^ Yermolina, Olga (November 13, 2008). "Алексей Горшков: Из любой ситуации надо извлекать позитив [Alexei Gorshkov: From any case, you must extract the positive]". Vremya Novostei. http://www.vremya.ru/2008/210/11/216929.html. Retrieved July 12, 2011. 

External links

• Tracings.net profile

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Name	Monko, Maria
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