Maria Yuryevna Polyakova (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Полякова; born 8 May 1997) is a Russian diver.

Polyakova also competed in NCAA diving for the UCLA Bruins, becoming UCLA’s first national champion in women’s diving, and graduating as the university’s record holder in both the 1 and 3 metres.

[3] Polyakova has qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

She was a student-athlete majoring in linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated in 2019.

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