Maya Belenkaya

Maya Belenkaya

Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	1931 Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)
Residence	Leningrad
Partner	Igor Moskvin
Coach	Pyotr Orlov, Nina Leplinskaya, Nikolai Panin
Former coach	A. Zhdanov

Maya Petrovna Belenkaya (Russian: Майя Петровна Беленькая; born 1931) is a former Soviet figure skater. With her partner Igor Moskvin, she was the 1953-1954 USSR national champion. She skated both in singles and pairs.^[1]

Maya Belenkaya was born in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) and lived there throughout her whole life.^[1] She survived the Siege of Leningrad and was awarded the "Defense of Leningrad" medal.^[1] She started skating at the age of 12 in the Pioneers Palace. At first she was coached by A. Zhdanov. Belenkaya was two-time USSR national champion (1952, 1953), three-time silver medalist (1950, 1955, 1956) and bronze national medalist.^[1]

She coached numerous singles and pairs skaters to national titles, most notably Alexei Mishin and Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin.^[1]

Results

(with Igor Moskvin)

Event	1950	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
European Championships						11th
Soviet Championships	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Легендарная фигуристка М.П.Беленькая" (in Russian). Ledyanaya Fabrika. 2009. http://www.ice-factory.ru/belenkaya.html. Retrieved 13 September 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Belenkaya, Maya
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Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)
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