Maria Kharenkova
Kharenkova at the 2015 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Maria Aleksandrovna Kharenkova
Nickname(s)	Masha, Mashka
Born	(1998-10-29)29 October 1998 (age 26)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Georgia
Years on national team	2010–17 (RUS) 2019–21 (GEO)
Former countries represented	Russia
Headcoach(es)	Larisa Pirogova
Assistantcoach(es)	V.V. Yakubova O.U. Kharenkova L.R. Fudimova
Formercoach(es)	Olga Sagina
Music	2012: "Mirko" 2013: "Mas Zarzuela" (EYOF) 2013: "La Cumparsita" (Japan International) 2014: "Concavo y Convexo" and "Cama y Mesa" (mixed)
Medal record Representing Russia World Championships 2014 Nanning Team European Championships 2014 Sofia Balance Beam 2015 Montpellier All-Around 2014 Sofia Team

Maria Aleksandrovna Kharenkova (Russian:Мария Александровна Харенкова; born 29 October 1998) is a retired Russian-Georgianartistic gymnast. She is the2014 European champion on thebalance beam.^[1]

In April, Kharenkova competed at the Russian Championships inPenza, Russia in the CMS division. She placed sixth in the all-around competition with a total score of 106.000. In event finals, she placed fifth on uneven bars and took gold on floor.^[2]

In March, Kharenkova competed at the2012 Pacific Rim Championships inEverett, United States. She placed 4th in the all-around competition with a score of 52.950. In event finals, she placed fourth on vault scoring 13.550 and third both on balance beam scoring 14.025 and on floor scoring 13.950.^[3]

Later that month Kharenkova competed atCity of Jesolo Trophy inJesolo, Italy. She helped the Russian team finish in third place and individually she placed third with an all-around score of 55.650. In event finals, she placed first on floor with a score of 14.300.^[4]

In May, Kharenkova competed at theEuropean Championships inBrussels, Belgium. She contributed scores of 14.100 on vault, 14.100 on balance beam and 14.366 on floor toward the Russian team's first-place finish. Individually, she finished sixth in the all-around competition (despite qualifying in first place) scoring 54.631. However, in event finals, she placed third on vault scoring 13.699, first on balance beam scoring 14.766 and also won gold on floor scoring 14.233.^[5]

In November, Kharenkova competed at the Elite Gym Massilia event inMarseille, France. She helped the Russian team finish in first place and individually she placed fourth in the all-around competition scoring 54.250. In event finals, she placed second on vault scoring 13.688 and first on floor scoring 14.550.^[6]

In July, together with teammatesMaria Bondareva and Viktoria Kuzmina, Kharenkova competed at the2013 European Youth Olympic Festival inUtrecht,Netherlands. She contributed an all-around score of 54.600 toward the Russian team's first-place finish. She won the all-around competition with a score of 54.950. In event finals, she placed seventh on balance beam scoring 13.100 and first on floor scoring 13.950.^[7]

In September, Kharenkova competed at the Japan Junior International inYokohama, Japan. She placed seventh in the all-around competition with a score of 54.900.^[8]

In March, Kharenkova competed at the2014 Cottbus World Cup inCottbus, Germany. She placed second on balance beam and third on floor.^[9]

In May, Kharenkova competed at the2014 European Championships inSofia,Bulgaria. In the team final, she contributed scores of 13.933 on vault, 14.566 on beam and 13.766 on floor toward the Russian team's third-place finish.^[10] She then went on to win the balance beam title, scoring 14.933.^[11]

In October, Kharenkova was selected to compete at the2014 World Championships inNanning, China alongside her teammates:Aliya Mustafina,Daria Spiridonova,Ekaterina Kramarenko,Tatiana Nabieva,Alla Sosnitskaya andPolina Fedorova. During qualifications, she fell on balance beam and didn't make the event final. In the team final, Kharenkova contributed scores of 15.033 on balance beam and 13.233 on floor toward the Russian team's third-place finish.^[12]

On 4 March 2015, Kharenkova became the all-around champion at the National Championships inPenza, Russia. She also took the team title, balance beam title, placed 4th in the uneven bars final, and placed third on floor.^[13]

In April, Kharenkova competed at the2015 European Championships inMontpellier, France. She won the silver medal in the all-around with a score of 57.132, behindGiulia Steingruber, after qualifying in first place. She also qualified into the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise finals. A heavy favourite and top-ranked qualifier for the balance beam final, she ended up falling in her routine and placing 6th.

In October, Kharenkova competed at the2015 World Championships inGlasgow, United Kingdom. In the team final, she contributed a score of 13.533 on balance beam toward Russia's 4th-place finish.^[14]

Kharenkova suffered an ankle injury, thus missing contending for a spot for the2016 Rio Olympics team.^[15]

Since the 2017 season, Kharenkova has been coached by Larisa Pirogova. On 23–27 August, Khranekova competed at theRussian Cup where she won gold on floor, silver in balance beam and bronze in the all-around behindElena Eremina.^[16]

In 2019 Kharenkova officially switched nationalities, opting to compete forGeorgia.^[17]

Kharenkova competed at theBaku World Cup; during qualifications she finished eighth on balance beam and therefore qualified to the event finals.^[18] However event finals were canceled due to the2020 coronavirus outbreak in Azerbaijan.^[19]

In early 2022 it was announced that Kharenkova had retired from competitive gymnastics. She became the balance beam coach for the Russian juniornational team.^[20]

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2011	National Championships		6		5
2012	Pacific Rim Championships	6	4	4
	City of Jesolo Trophy
	European Championships		6
	Massilia Cup		4
2013	Euro Youth Olympic Festival					7
	Japan Junior International		7	5	4	4
Senior
2014	Cottbus World Cup
	National Championships				5
	European Championships
	Russian Cup				8
	World Championships
2015	National Championships				4
	European Championships				7	6	7
	Russian Cup				6
	World Championships	4
	Voronin Cup
2016	National Championships				7
	Osijek World Cup
2017	Russian Cup
	VTB Cup
	Cottbus World Cup
	Voronin Cup
2018	National Championships					8
	Voronin Cup						5
2019	Russian Cup		14
	Voronin Cup			4	5
2020	Baku World Cup					[a]
	National Championships		5				5
	Voronin Cup
2021	National Championships

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