Maria Bulanova

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.

Maria Bulanova
Born
Maria Bulanova

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

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 is currently studying 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

Titles and awards
  • Multiple winner and prizewinner of Russian Youth Championships and Youth Cups 2006-2014 (singles, doubles, teams in different age categories)
  • 13th International Youth Tournament Jeff de Bruges – third place (2010)
  • Winner of 16th JIC Sinjoor International Youth Tournament (2011)
  • Best junior player of Central Federal District of Russia 2011
  • Vice champion of Moscow Region 2011
  • Vice champion of Russia 2012 (singles, teams)
  • Top-8 in masters on European Youth Championships 2012
  • Finalist of masters event on World Youth Championships 2012
  • 4-time prizewinner on European Youth Championships 2013 (1 silver and 3 bronze medals)[20]
  • Vice champion of Russia 2013 (doubles, trios)
  • 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]
  • 3rd qualified, 6th finished on European Champions Cup 2014
  • 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] Bowled her 1st 300 game in the championship final
  • 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. "Bulanova continues to impress with singles gold". Talktenpin.net. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "Bulanova key to Russian gold". Talktenpin.net. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. "Joonas Jähi, Maria Bulanova shoot big games to win 38th European Champions Cup". Bowlingdigital.com. 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. "14-year-old Russian becomes the youngest player ever to win a European Bowling Tour title". Bowlingdigital.com. 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. "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. "Ein Teenager gewinnt die Russian Open 2013". Deutsche bowling union. 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. "EYC 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland". ETBF by Kim Thorsgaard Jensen. 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  8. "Maria Bulanova, Patrik Sörensen win gold medals in Singles". Bowlingdigital.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  9. "Bowling claims 2018 NCAA title". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  10. "Vanderbilt BOwling Upends McKendree for 2018 NCAA Championship". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  11. "Vanderbilt claims 2018 NCAA bowling title". Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  12. "Poss, Bulanova are All-Americans". Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  13. "2018-19 NTCA PRESS RELEASE" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  14. "Bulanova, Quah are All-Americans". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. "Vanderbilt's Maria Bulanova was named the Division I Player of the Year". Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  16. "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. "Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Honors Inductees and Award Recipients at 2019 Induction Ceremony". Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  19. "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.

Sources

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


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