Marina Valterovna Sanaya (Melnyk) (Russian: Марина Вальтеровна Саная (Мельник); 7 January 1959 – 6 October 2016) was a Russian figure skating official and competitor who represented the Soviet Union.

[1] At age 13, Sanaya represented the Soviet Union at the 1972 European Championships in Gothenburg, where she placed 23rd, and at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, where she ranked 18th.

Her coaches included Nina Zhuk, Sergei Chetverukhin, and Aleksandr Gorelik.

[1] Following her retirement from competition, Sanaya became a skating official and served as a judge, technical controller, and referee.

[4][5] Sanaya was honored at the Ice Theatre of New York's annual benefit gala in 2008.