Maya Belenkaya

Maya Petrovna Belenkaya (Russian: Майя Петровна Беленькая; born 1 May 1931) is a former Soviet figure skater.

With her partner Igor Moskvin, she became a three-time Soviet national champion (1952–1954).

Maya Belenkaya was born on 1 May 1931 in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg).

[3] Belenkaya and Igor Moskvin won their first national medal, silver, in 1950.

After retiring from competition, Belenkaya coached numerous singles and pairs skaters to national titles, most notably Alexei Mishin and Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin.