Maria Kharenkova

Maria Aleksandrovna Kharenkova (Russian: Мария Александровна Харенкова; born 29 October 1998) is a retired Russian-Georgian artistic gymnast.

[2] In March, Kharenkova competed at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, United States.

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.

[6] In July, together with teammates Maria Bondareva and Viktoria Kuzmina, Kharenkova competed at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival in Utrecht, Netherlands.

[11] In October, Kharenkova was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China alongside her teammates: Aliya Mustafina, Daria Spiridonova, Ekaterina Kramarenko, Tatiana Nabieva, Alla Sosnitskaya and Polina Fedorova.

A heavy favourite and top-ranked qualifier for the balance beam final, she ended up falling in her routine and placing 6th.

[14] Kharenkova suffered an ankle injury, thus missing contending for a spot for the 2016 Rio Olympics team.

On 23–27 August, Khranekova competed at the Russian Cup where she won gold on floor, silver in balance beam and bronze in the all-around behind Elena Eremina.

[17] Kharenkova competed at the Baku World Cup; during qualifications she finished eighth on balance beam and therefore qualified to the event finals.