Maria Borisova (gymnast)
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| Full name | Maria Dmitrievna Borisova | |||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Mariia, Mariya | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mashulya | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia Authorised Neutral Athletes (since 2026) (2019-Present) | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Heavenly Grace | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Alina Kabaeva | |||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Irina Gusarova | |||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Elena Egorova | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. On the national level, she is the 2025 Russian senior champion, 2023 national silver medalist, and on the junior level, she was the 2019 junior national bronze medalist, 2021 junior national silver medalist, and 2022 junior national all-around champion. She has been a member of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team since 2019.
Career
Junior
Born in Saint Petersburg on April 17, 2007, 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, the began training under the guidance of Irina Gusarova at the Zhemchuzhina Center of Rhythmic Gymnastics.[2]
In 2019, Borisova was the bronze medalist at the Russian Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.[3] 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.[3]
Senior
Borisova debuted as a senior in 2023. She was the champion in the hoop exercise at the 2023 Moscow Grand Prix and the all-around silver medalist at the 2023 Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.[3]
She placed second at the 2024 Moscow Grand Prix, .05 of a point ahead of teammate Vladislava Sharonova.[4] Later that year, she was selected to represent Russia at the 2024 BRICS Games alongside Lala Kramarenko, Anna Popova, and Diana Chugunikhina.[5] 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.[6]
In 2025, she became the Russian all-around national champion.[3]
In 2026, she took 4th place in all-around at National Championships.
Routine music information
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hoop | Wintersun (Yoad Nevo Mix) by Bond / Kinckoff by Josh Leake |
| Ball | Очи чёрные by EgorGayduk | |
| Clubs | Alatau by Otyken | |
| Ribbon | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2024 | Hoop | |
| Ball | ||
| Clubs | Betty The Queen by Brand X Music | |
| Ribbon |
References
- ^ "Mariia Borisova". World Gymnastics.
- ^ a b c Grigoriev, Mikhail (25 July 2024). "Петербургская гимнастка Мария Борисова: «Получаю удовольствие от выступлений»" [St. Petersburg gymnast Maria Borisova: 'I enjoy performing'] (in Russian). Petersburg Diary (SPB Dnevnik). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Борисова Мария Дмитриевна" [Borisova Maria Dmitrievna] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg Sports Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics.
- ^ "Гимнастка Крамаренко одержала победу в многоборье на Гран‑при Москвы" [Gymnast Kramarenko Wins All-Around at Moscow Grand Prix] (in Russian). MatchTV. 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Испытание Лалы. Как прошел турнир по художке на Играх БРИКС" [Lala's Test: How the Rhythmic Competition Went at the BRICS Games] (in Russian). Sport Express. 23 June 2024.
- ^ Volkova, Alena (24 July 2024). "Крутая гимнастка из Петербурга ушла к Алине Кабаевой. Больше никто не поможет ей взлететь в топ" [A top gymnast from St. Petersburg has left for Alina Kabaeva. No one else will help her reach the top.]. Sport24. Retrieved 26 December 2025.