Maria Borisova (gymnast)


Maria Dmitrievna Borisova is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. 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.
In 2019, Borisova was the bronze medalist at the Russian Junior Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. At age 12, she joined the national junior team. 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.

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.
She placed second at the 2024 Moscow Grand Prix,.05 of a point ahead of teammate Vladislava Sharonova. Later that year, she was selected to represent Russia at the 2024 BRICS Games alongside Lala Kramarenko, Anna Popova, and Diana Chugunikhina. 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. In July 2024, Borisova began training at the Alina Kabaeva Academy of Rhythmic Gymnastics Heavenly Grace in Sochi.
In 2025, she became the Russian all-around national champion.