Maria Zakharova (figure skater)
Russian figure skater (born 2007)
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Maria Stanislavovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Станиславовна Захарова; off. sp.: Mariia Zakharova; born 21 September 2007) is a Russian figure skater who currently competes as an Individual Neutral Athlete.[8] She is the 2026 Russian national bronze medalist.[16]
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Zakharova performing her free program at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix Stage in Kazan | ||||||
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| Native name | Мария Станиславовна Захарова | |||||
| Full name | Maria Stanislavovna Zakharova | |||||
| Other names | Masha | |||||
| Born | 21 September 2007 Moscow, Russia | |||||
| Home town | Moscow | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Individual Neutral Athlete  Russia | |||||
| Discipline | Women's singles | |||||
| Coach | Anna Tsareva | |||||
| Skating club | Sambo-70 "Khrustalny" | |||||
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She has performed quadruple jumps in domestic competition.
Personal life
Career
Early career
Zakharova has trained under her mother Anna Tsareva[2] since before she was two.[9] As a junior, she medaled at several Russian Grand Prix stages[2] and represented her country at the 2021 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia, finishing fourth.[1][2]
She missed two and a half seasons first due to a stress fracture of the navicular bone in her right foot and then due to a cut to her thigh suffered in October 2024.[4][11][20]
2025–2026 season: Comeback, national bronze medal
In what was her first season after return to sport,[2] she placed second, after Ksenia Sinitsyna, at the early October Moscow Championships[21] and fourth at two Russian Grand Prix stages, in Magnitogorsk and in Kazan.[20]
In December, she won the bronze at the 2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships[22] after landing two quadruple toe loops in the free skate.[2]
Zakharova finished the season by placing 11th at the Russian Grand Prix Final.[23]
2026–2027 season
On 30 June 2026, the International Skating Union announced that figure skaters from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete at international competitions as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs).[24] Each of these skaters are be required to undergo an individual assessment conducted by the ISU Council to determine whether they meet the criteria for neutral status. Zakharova's application was approved, making her eligible to compete internationally as a neutral athlete.[25]
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2026–2027 |
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| 2025–2026 |
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Competitive highlights
Skating as an Individual Neutral Athlete
| Season | 2026–27 |
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| CS Denis Ten Memorial | TBD |
Skating for Russia
| Season | 2025–26 |
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| Russian Championships | 3rd |
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 |
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| Russian Championships | 14th | 14th | |
| JGP Slovakia | 4th |
Detailed results
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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| Total | TSS | 190.33 | 2021 JGP Slovakia |
| Short program | TSS | 69.04 | 2021 JGP Slovakia |
| TES | 39.10 | 2021 JGP Slovakia | |
| PCS | 29.94 | 2021 JGP Slovakia | |
| Free skating | TSS | 121.29 | 2021 JGP Slovakia |
| TES | 65.19 | 2021 JGP Slovakia | |
| PCS | 57.10 | 2021 JGP Slovakia |
Skating for Russia
Senior level
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec. 17–22, 2025 | 2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships |
5 | 71.37 | 4 | 146.36 | 3 | 217.73 |
Junior level
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sept. 1–4, 2021 |  2021 JGP Slovakia |
4 | 69.04 | 5 | 121.29 | 4 | 190.33 |
| Dec. 22–24, 2021 | 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships |
7 | 68.10 | 15 | 111.10 | 14 | 179.20 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Dec. 24–29, 2019 | 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships |
14 | 62.80 | 14 | 114.74 | 14 | 177.54 |
