Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Толкачёва; born (1997-08-08)8 August 1997) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time (2015, 2017-2019) World Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion and three-time European Championships (2014, 2016, 2018) Group all-around gold medalist.

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Maria Tolkacheva
Maria Tolkacheva in 2016
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Full name	Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva
Nickname(s)	Masha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 26) Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2013
Gym	Novogorsk
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Shumilova
Medal record Group Rhythmic Gymnastics International gymnastics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 11 4 1 European Championships 5 1 1 European Games 3 0 1 Total 22 5 3 Representing RGF World Championships 2021 Kitakyushu Team 2021 Kitakyushu Group All-around 2021 Kitakyushu 5 Balls 2021 Kitakyushu 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Group All-around World Championships 2014 Izmir 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls 2015 Stuttgart Group All-around 2015 Stuttgart 6 Clubs + 2 Hoops 2017 Pesaro Group All-around 2017 Pesaro 3 Balls + 2 Ropes 2018 Sofia Group All-around 2019 Baku Group All-around 2019 Baku 3 Hoops + 4 Clubs 2015 Stuttgart 5 Ribbons 2017 Pesaro 5 Hoops 2018 Sofia 3 Balls + 2 Ropes 2019 Baku 5 Balls European Games 2015 Baku Group All-Around 2015 Baku 5 Ribbons 2019 Minsk 5 Balls 2019 Minsk Group All-around European Championships 2014 Baku Group All-around 2014 Baku 2 Ribbon + 3 Balls 2016 Holon Group All-around 2018 Guadalajara Team 2018 Guadalajara Group All-around 2014 Baku 10 Clubs 2018 Guadalajara 5 Hoops

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She started training rhythmic gymnastics at age four in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian Federation.^{[citation needed]} Tolkacheva became an official member of the Russian national group in the 2014 season, she was member of the Russian group that won group all-around gold at the 2014 European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir, where they finished 4th in group all-around and won gold in 2Ribbon + 3Balls.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Tolkacheva and the Russian group competed at the inaugural 2015 European Games, taking gold in group all-around and 5 ribbons.^[1] They ended their season by winning gold in Group all-around at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, as well as gold in 6 Clubs/2 Hoops and silver in 5 Ribbons. At these Worlds, Russia finally regained the gold medal in the all-around competition, after eight years, the last time they won the group competition was at the 2007 World Championships held in Patras, Greece.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Tolkacheva and the Russian group won group gold at the 2016 European Championships in Holon, Israel. On August 19–21, Tolkacheva was member of the golden winning Russian group (together with Anastasia Maksimova, Anastasiia Tatareva, Anastasia Bliznyuk, Vera Biryukova) that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[2]