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Margarita Mukasheva

Mukasheva at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth name	Margarita Matsko
Born	29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 35) Novopokrovka, Shal akyn District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Education	North Kazakhstan State University
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 m
Coached by	Vyacheslav Sokirko (national)
Achievements and titles
Personal best	1:58.96 (2013)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Kazakhstan Asian Championships 2007 Amman 4×400 m

Margarita Yevgenyevna Mukasheva (Russian: Маргарита Евгеньевна Мукашева, née Matsko on 4 January 1986) is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the individual 800 metres and 4 × 400 m relay.

Mukasheva took up athletics aged 16 and has had success on the regional level. At the 2007 Asian Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay. She won the bronze medal in the individual event at the 2008 Asian Indoor Championships, silver at the 2009 Asian Championships and gold at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. She competed at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, the 2011 and 2013 World Athletics Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.

After winning a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games, Mukasheva semi-retired for a year and worked as a sports administrator. She returned to compete at the 2016 Olympics. She qualified in the 800 metres event, but was eliminated in the heats.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Kazakhstan
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	5th	800 m	2:16.44
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:50.81
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	18th (h)	800 m	2:12.16
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	800 m	2:04.85
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	7th	800 m	2:04.60
	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam	1st	800 m	2:03.06
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:39.21
	Asian Championships	Guangzhou, China	2nd	800 m	2:05.31
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.54
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	14th (h)	800 m	2:06.36
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	1st	800 m	2:00.29
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.03
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	2nd	800 m	2:02.46
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	20th (h)	800 m	2:06.62
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	31st (h)	800 m	2:04.24
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th (sf)	800 m	1:59.20
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	800 m	1:58.96
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	26th (h)	800 m	2:02.06
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	1st	800 m	1:59.02
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.83
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	31st (h)	800 m	2:00.97
2018	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	2nd	800 m	2:02.40
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.73
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	800 m	2:03.83

References

1. Margarita Mukashova. sports-reference.com
2. Margarita Mukasheva. rio2016.com
3. ^ Margarita Mukasheva. nbcolympics.com
4. Margarita Mukasheva at World Athletics

• 1986 births
• Living people
• Kazakhstani female middle-distance runners
• Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan
• Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
• Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan
• Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
• Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade
• Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
• Sportspeople from Almaty Region