Valeria Vladimirovna Maksyuta (Ukrainian: Валерія Володимирівна Максюта Russian: Валерия Владимировна Максюта, Hebrew: ולריה מקסיוטה, born September 27, 1987) is a former artistic gymnast who represented Ukraine for several years before immigrating to Israel in 2007.
After winning the 2005 Maccabiah Games, she received a proposal to join the Israeli national team.
Two years later she received another proposal, from Maccabi Tzafon's owner, Aaron Litvin, to join his club and represent Israel.
A year later she competed at the 2006 Stella Zakharova Cup and won a gold medal on the vault.
In the 2009 Maccabiah Games, Maksyuta won silver medals in the all-around and on the uneven bars, as well as a gold on the vault.
[30] After that she competed in the Grand Prix Cottbus and won a silver medal on the balance beam.
[32] At the 2012 Summer Olympics Maksyuta fell from uneven bars and injured her back.
It was described as one of the worst performances of an Israeli gymnast as well as below-par disappointing, and Maksyuta herself described it as awful.
She said she was devastated when told by doctors on September 27, 2012 – her 25th birthday – that her injury was too severe to allow her to continue.