Maria Borisova (gymnast)
Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Maria Dmitrievna Borisova (Russian: Мария Дмитриевна Борисова; born 17 April 2007) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2024 BRICS Games hoop champion and individual all-around silver medalist. She has been a member of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team since 2019.
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| Full name | Maria Dmitrievna Borisova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alternative name(s) | Mariia, Mariya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mashulya, Masha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Russia(2019-present)  Authorised Neutral Athletes (2026-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sky Grace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Tatiana Sergaeva, Alina Kabaeva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Irina Gusarova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Lyudmila Duganova, Irina Zenovka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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On the national level, she is the 2025 Russian champion and the 2023 national silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2022 junior national all-around champion, the 2021 national silver medalist, and the 2019 national bronze medalist.
Career
Junior
Born in Saint Petersburg, Maria Borisova began training in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of three at Sports School No. 1 in the Frunzensky District of her hometown. At the age of five, she began training under the guidance of Irina Gusarova at the Zhemchuzhina Center of Rhythmic Gymnastics.[2] When her parents brought her to coach Irina Gusarova for the first time, Maria was not accepted into training, as no group for her age category had been formed. Despite this, she expressed a strong desire to pursue rhythmic gymnastics and hugged Irina Gusarova tightly, refusing to leave. This encounter marked the beginning of their collaboration.[3]
In 2019, Borisova was the bronze medalist of the Russian Junior Championships.[4] At age 12, she joined the national junior team.[2] In 2021, she was the national junior all-around silver medalist and champion in the ball exercise. During the 2022 season, she became the Russian Junior champion in the all-around and clubs exercise.[4] The same year, the FIG banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in international competitions. [5]
Senior
2023-2025
Borisova debuted as a senior in 2023. Due to Russia’s ban from international competitions following the invasion of Ukraine, Borisova was only able to compete in domestic events.
She was the champion in the hoop exercise at the 2023 Moscow Grand Prix and the all-around silver medalist at the 2023 Russian Championships.[4]
She placed second at the 2024 Moscow Grand Prix, 0.05 point ahead of teammate Vladislava Sharonova.[6] Later that year, she was selected to represent Russia at the 2024 BRICS Games alongside Lala Kramarenko, Anna Popova, and Diana Chugunikhina.[7] She placed first in the hoop exercise and second in the all-around final ahead of Olympian Anastasiia Salos. Borisova described the games as the most difficult tournament she has trained for and competed in thus far, though not to the level of the Olympics, as the competing gymnasts were mostly Russian.[2]
In July 2024, Borisova began training at the Alina Kabaeva Academy of Rhythmic Gymnastics Heavenly Grace in Sochi.[8]
In 2025, she became the Russian all-around national champion.[4]
2026: International Senior Debut
In early 2026, she took 4th place in the all-around at the Russian National Championships.
In March, she made her international debut competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete at the Marbella Grand Prix. She took 9th place in the all-around and also won silver in ribbon and bronze in the hoop final.[9][10] In April, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Alina Harnasko at the Thiais Grand Prix.[11] She also won the gold medal in clubs and bronze medals in the hoop, ball and ribbon finals.[12]
The following weekend, she competed in her first World Cup in Tashkent, where she won the all-around gold ahead of Olympic champion Darja Varfolomeev. She qualified for all four apparatus finals, finishing seventh in both the clubs final (25.75) and the ball final (25.25), and eighth in the ribbon final. In the hoop final, she won the silver medal with a score of 28.55.[13] In May, she competed at European Cup in Baku and won gold medal in ribbon and bronze in ball. In the Cross-Battle she lost to Israeli Gymnast Daniela Munits.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
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| 2026 | Hoop | Wintersun (Yoad Nevo Mix) by Bond / Kinckoff by Josh Leake |
| Ball | Очи чёрные by EgorGayduk | |
| Clubs | Alatau by Otyken | |
| Ribbon | Bolero by Shlomo, The Swingle Singers & The Vocal Orchestra | |
| 2025 | Hoop (first) | My love...Music and Solo Darbuka by Artem Uzunov |
| Hoop (second) | Wintersun (Yoad Nevo Mix) by Bond / Kinckoff by Josh Leake | |
| Ball (first) | Не исчезай by Галина Беседина and Сергей Тараненко | |
| Ball (second) | Caravan (From the film Ocean's 13 (OST)) by Puccio Roelens Orchestra | |
| Clubs | Betty The Queen by Brand X Music | |
| Ribbon (first) | Московская кадриль by ЧИБАТУХА | |
| Ribbon (second) | Bolero by Shlomo, The Swingle Singers & The Vocal Orchestra | |
| 2024 | Hoop | |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | Betty The Queen by Brand X Music | |
| Ribbon | Московская кадриль by ЧИБАТУХА |