Amid the forced repatriation and subsequent defection of Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, Maksimava announced that she and her husband would also not be returning to Belarus and would seek asylum in Germany, where the couple trains.

[3][4][5] Maksimawa gained her first international experience in 2007 when she finished fifth at the 2007 Junior European Athletics Championshipsin in Hengelo with 5512 points.

In 2011, she was ninth at the Hypomeeting with 6094 points and then won the bronze medal behind the Estonian Grit Šadeiko and Kateřina Cachová from the Czech Republic.

Because of her commitment against the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, she was not allowed to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

[6] Amid the forced repatriation and subsequent defection of Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, Maksimava announced that she and her husband Krauchanka would also not be returning to Belarus and would instead seek asylum in Germany, where the couple trains.