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{{short description|Soviet sprinter}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Mariya Pinigina
| image          = Mariya Pinigina, November 2019.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Mariya Pinigina in 2019
| birth_name     = Mariya Kulchunova
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|9 February 1958}}
| birth_place    = [[Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan|Ivanovka]], [[Kyrgyz SSR]], Soviet Union
| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]] | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]] | 400 m}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]] | 4 × 400 m relay}}
}}

'''Mariya Dzhumabaevna Pinigina''' ({{lang|ru|Мария Джумабаевна Пинигина}}, [[née]] Kulchunova; born 9 February 1958 in [[Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan|Ivanovka]], [[Kyrgyz SSR]]) is a former Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the [[400 metres]], training at [[Spartak (sports society)|Spartak]] in [[Kyiv]]. She represented the Soviet Union.

Pinigina competed for [[Soviet Union|USSR]] in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the gold medal with her teammates 400 m hurdles silver medalist [[Tatyana Ledovskaya]], 400 m bronze medalist [[Olga Nazarova]] and olympic 400 m champion [[Olha Bryzhina|Olga Bryzgina]]. That USSR relay team set a new [[world records in athletics|world record]] of 3:15.17 minutes which is still unbeaten.<ref>{{cite web |title= Athletics – World Record progression |work= [[International Olympic Committee]] |url= http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_139.pdf&id=139 |access-date= 12 September 2006}}</ref>

She also won a bronze medal at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics]].

In November 2013, she served as one of the torch bearers in [[Yakutsk]] for the [[2014 Winter Olympics torch relay]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.olympic.org/news/sochi-2014-torch-relay-braves-record-low-temperatures/217099 |title= Sochi 2014 Torch Relay braves record low temperatures |publisher= Olympic.org |date= 11 November 2013 |quote= Torchbearers in Yakutsk included ... Seoul 1988 athletics gold medallist Maria Pinigina}}</ref>

Mariya Pinigina is married to Olympic wrestling champion [[Pavel Pinigin]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Sports-Reference|pi/mariya-pinigina-1}}
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|mariya-pinigina}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Chüy Region]]
[[Category:Kyrgyzstani female sprinters]]
[[Category:Soviet female sprinters]]
[[Category:Spartak (sports society) sportspeople]]
[[Category:World Athletics record holders (relay)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Olympic female sprinters]]
[[Category:Friendship Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR]]
[[Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners]]

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