Maya Petrovna Belenkaya is a former Soviet figure skater. With her partner Igor Moskvin

Igor Moskvin

Igor Borisovich Moskvin is a former Soviet pair skater, Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was the flag bearer for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

, she was the 1953-1954 USSR national champion

Soviet Figure Skating Championships

The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...

. She skated both in singles and pairs.

Maya Belenkaya was born in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

) and lived there throughout her whole life. She survived the Siege of Leningrad

Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last...

 and was awarded the "Defense of Leningrad

Medal for the Defence of Leningrad

thumb|200px|right|The Medal for the Defence of LeningradThe Medal for the Defence of Leningrad was established on December 22, 1942, and was awarded to all members of the Soviet Army, Navy, Ministry of Internal Affairs, and civil citizens who took part in the defense of Leningrad during its siege...

" medal. She started skating at the age of 12 in the Pioneers Palace

Pioneers Palace

Young Pioneer Palaces or Palaces of Young Pioneers and Schoolchildren were youth centers designated for the creative work, sport training and extracurricular activities of Young Pioneers and other schoolchildren...

. 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.

She coached numerous singles and pairs skaters to national titles, most notably Alexei Mishin

Alexei Mishin

Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin is a Russian figure skating coach and former pair skater. With partner Tamara Moskvina, he was the 1969 World silver medalist and USSR national champion....

 and Liudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin

Andrei Suraikin

Andrei Alexandrovich Suraikin was a Russian figure skater. They were coached by Maya Belenkaya....

.

Results

(with Igor Moskvin

Igor Moskvin

Igor Borisovich Moskvin is a former Soviet pair skater, Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was the flag bearer for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics...

)

Event	1950	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
European Championships European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...						11th
Soviet Championships Soviet Figure Skating Championships The Soviet Figure Skating Championships were a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of the Soviet Union...	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd