In the early 1990s, she competed in pair skating with Evgeni Zhigurski, coached by Nina Mozer.

[2] However, in 1995 she was severely injured after her partner's blade hit her face while they were practicing side-by-side camel spins.

[3] Maniachenko retired from skating but after a year and a half she decided to return to competition as a singles skater.

[5][4] By marriage, she is related to fellow skater Elena Liashenko who married her husband's brother, Andrei Efremenko.

[5] After retiring from competition, she began coaching in Latvia and gave birth to a daughter in 2007.