Maria Tolkacheva

Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва, IPA: [mɐˈrʲijə təlkɐˈtɕɵvə]; born (1997-08-08)8 August 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast.

She started training rhythmic gymnastics at age four in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian Federation.

[citation needed] In 2015, Tolkacheva and the Russian group competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games, taking gold in group all-around and 5 ribbons.

At these Worlds, Russia finally regained the gold medal in the all-around competition, after eight years, the last time they won the group competition was at the 2007 World Championships held in Patras, Greece.

On August 19–21, Tolkacheva was member of the golden winning Russian group (together with Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.