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Maria Evgenyevna Kazakova (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Казакова, Georgian: მარია ევგენიევნა კაზაკოვა, born 15 July 2001) is a Russian-Georgian ice dancer who competes for Georgia. With her skating partner, Georgy Reviya, she is the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2019 CS Asian Open bronze medalist.

Maria Kazakova
Kazakova/Reviya at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Native name	Мария Евгеньевна Казакова
Full name	Maria Evgenyevna Kazakova
Country represented	Georgia
Former country(ies) represented	Russia
Born	(2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 21) Moscow, Russia
Home town	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Partner	Georgy Reviya
Former partner	Aleksandr Vaskovich
Coach	Matteo Zanni, Barbora Řezníčková
Former coach	Denis Samokhin, Maria Borovikova, Alexei Gorshkov, Ekaterina Rubleva, Ivan Shefer
Choreographer	Matteo Zanni
Former choreographer	Nikolai Nikonov, Igor Alferov
Skating club	Balashikha SC
Training locations	Moscow, Russia
Began skating	2005
World standing	16 (2020–21) 20 (2019–20) 48 (2018–19) 83 (2017–18)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	176.19 2020 World Junior Championships
Short dance	69.98 2020 World Junior Championships
Free dance	106.95 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
Medal record Representing  Georgia Figure skating: Ice dance World Junior Championships 2020 Tallinn Ice dance Junior Grand Prix Final 2019–20 Torino Ice dance

On the junior level, she is the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, the 2019 JGP Croatia champion, the 2018 Toruń Cup champion, the 2019 NRW Trophy champion and the 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion.

Personal life

Kazakova was born on 15 July 2001 in Moscow, Russia.[1] She holds dual Russian and Georgian citizenship. Kazakova currently studies ballet at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, in addition to coaching pedagogy at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism.[2]

Career

Early years

Kazakova began learning to skate in 2005 at the age of four.[1] Competing with Aleksandr Vaskovich for Russia, she placed tenth in junior ice dancing at the 2016 Ice Star in Belarus.[3]

2017–2018 season

In 2017, Kazakova teamed up with Georgy Reviya to compete for Georgia. During the 2017–2018 season, the team appeared at four international events – the Toruń Cup, the Golden Spin of Zagreb, the Santa Claus Cup, and the Tallinn Trophy. In March, they placed ninth at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4]

2018–2019 season

Kazakova/Reviya made their ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in September at the 2018 JGP Czech Republic. They finished second in both the rhythm dance and the free dance to earn the silver medal overall behind Russian gold medalists Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov and ahead of Russian bronze medalists Davis/Smolkin.[4]

At their next Junior Grand Prix event, in Armenia, Kazakova/Reviya placed second in both segments, behind Russia's Ushakova/Nekrasov, and received another silver medal. They set a new personal best score of 65.42 in the rhythm dance. They became the first ice dancers representing Georgia to qualify to a Junior Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth.[4]

Kazakova/Reviya concluded the season at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where they placed sixth. Reviya called their performance there "not our season’s best, but the best skate of the season. There were some technical mistakes and we’ll work on them, but I’m happy my partner and I are moving in the right direction."[5]

2019–2020 season: Senior debut and World Junior silver medalists

Kazakova/Reviya began their season in early September at the 2019 JGP Latvia. Though they won the free dance at this event by a little under two points, they placed second overall behind Russian team and training mates Khudaiberdieva/ Filatov by about 0.3 points after being at a deficit after the rhythm dance. Despite missing gold, the team set new personal bests in the free dance and overall at the event. At their second assignment, 2019 JGP Croatia, Kazakova/Reviya earned their first Junior Grand Prix title, taking first place by a 15-point margin over Russian silver medalists Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy. The team set new personal bests in both the rhythm dance and the free dance as well as overall, and with their win qualified to the Junior Grand Prix Final for the second season in a row.[4]

Kazakova/Reviya made their senior international debut in early November 2019 at the 2019 CS Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. The team placed third in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance to finish third overall behind American team Carreira/Ponomarenko and Russian team (including Reviya's former partner) Konkina/Drozd. The pair also set new personal bests in all three segments at the event. Days later, Kazakova/Reviya competed in the senior category again at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia. They placed second in both the rhythm dance and the free dance behind Russian team Shevchenko/Eremenko to win the silver medal overall.[4]

In December 2019, Kazakova/Reviya returned to the junior level to compete at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy. The team took the lead in the rhythm dance by just a 0.04 point margin over American team Nguyen/Kolesnik and again set a new personal best (68.76). After their performance, Reviya remarked, "It wasn't easy today. We are very happy with our marks, but not so happy with the skate," citing a few minor technical errors that the team will look to work on moving forward. On splitting their season between the junior and senior circuit, Reviya further added, "It's hard, so hard! But the free dance in juniors is easier after skating in seniors."[6] During the following day of competition, Kazakova/Reviya continued their momentum from the rhythm dance by placing first in the free dance by a 0.12 point margin over the Americans to capture their first Junior Grand Prix Final title. Their win marks the first Junior Grand Prix Final victory by an entrant from Georgia in any discipline. After their win Kazakova stated, "It's a great pleasure for us just to skate and especially to skate for Georgia."[7]

In January 2020, Kazakova/Reviya competed at the 2020 European Championships, their first senior ISU championship. The team placed twelfth in the rhythm dance, scoring just shy of their personal best score and qualifying to the free dance. In the free dance, the couple fell to fourteenth place and ultimately ranked fourteenth overall.[8]

Kazakova/Reviya next competed in early March 2020 at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. The team set a new personal best in the rhythm dance and finished second in the segment behind Russian team Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy and ahead of American rivals Nguyen/Kolesnik.[9] In the free dance, Kazakova/Reviya outscored Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy, but were overtaken by Nguyen/Kolesnik, leaving the team once again in second in the segment and second overall. Their silver medal marks the first ISU championship medal for Georgia in ice dance.[10]

They had been assigned to make their senior World Championship debut in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[11]

2020–2021 season

Kazakova/Reviya were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew. Later in the season, the team was assigned to the 2021 World Championships, but withdrew prior to the publication of the entry list due to health issues.[12]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

Kazakova/Reviya returned to competition after a season away due to injury at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, attempting to qualify a berth for Georgia in ice dance at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed fifth in the rhythm dance due primarily to a mistake made by Reviya on their third set of twizzles, but were able to remain in contention for Olympic qualification. In the free dance, Kazakova/Reviya came back with a stronger performance to finish second in the segment, scoring just shy of their personal best, and finished third overall to successfully qualify a spot in their discipline for Georgia at the Olympic Games.[13]     

At their next assignment, the 2021 Mezzaluna Cup, Kazakova/Reviya placed first in both segments of competition to take the title by a 15-point margin over Australian silver medalists Kerry/Dodds. They were scheduled to compete at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, and the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew from all three events due to injury. The team also skipped the 2022 European Championships in January for unspecified reasons.[4]

Kazakova/Reviya began the 2022 Winter Olympics as the Georgian entries to the rhythm dance segment of the Olympic team event. They placed eighth in the segment, taking three points for the Georgian team.[14] Ultimately the team did not advance to the second phase of the competition and finished sixth.[15] In the dance event, Kazakova/Reviya were eighteenth in the rhythm dance, qualifying to the free dance.[16] Nineteenth in the free dance, they finished nineteenth overall.[17]

The team concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, held in Montpellier with Russian dance teams absent due to the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[18] They finished fifteenth.[4]

2022–2023 season

Before the start of the 2022–23 season, Kazakova and Reviya left Russia and long-time coaches Denis Samokhin and Maria Borovikova and relocated to Egna, Italy to train under Matteo Zanni and Barbora Řezníčková.

Programs

With Reviya

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2021–2022 [19]	Blues: Chosen One by Valley of Wolves Hip Hop: Yeah! by Usher, feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris choreo. by Nikolai Nikonov	Dummy (from Saw II) by Charlie Clouser Texas Gypsy Massacre Mephisto's Lullaby by Xtortion Audio choreo. by Nikolai Nikonov	In the End by Linkin Park performed by Tommee Profitt, feat. Fleurie and Jung Youth choreo. by Elena Sokolova
2020–2021	Did not compete this season
2019–2020 [20]	Quickstep: Take Good Care of My Baby (from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) performed by Jake Epstein and Jessie Mueller Foxtrot: Dream a Little Dream of Me performed by The Beautiful South Quickstep: Overture (from Funny Girl)	In the End by Linkin Park performed by Tommee Profitt, feat. Fleurie and Jung Youth choreo. by Elena Sokolova	Gandagan (Georgian Folk Dance) by Cekva Zgaparshi
2018–2019 [1]	Argentine Tango: Building the Bullet by Luis Bacalov Argentine Tango: Assassin's Tango (from Mr. & Mrs. Smith) by John Powell	Carmina Burana by Carl Orff performed by Edvin Marton Vocalise (from The Ninth Gate) by Wojciech Kilar	Gandagan (Georgian Folk Dance) by Cekva Zgaparshi
	Short dance
2017–2018 [21]	Cha Cha: Unchain My Heart performed by Joe Cocker Rhumba: Abrázame performed by Tamara	A Time For Us (from Romeo and Juliet) arranged by Henry Mancini Aimer (from Roméo et Juliette) performed by Damian Sargue and Cécelia Cara

With Vaskovich

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2016–2017	Blues: Clint Eastwood performed by Smooth Jazz All Stars Swing:	California Dreamin' performed by The Mamas and the Papas Somebody to Love by Darby Slick performed by Jefferson Airplane
2015–2016	Waltz: Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by John Williams Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by Patrick Doyle	Haru Mamburu by Anton Yakomulsky, Igor Lapukhin, Maksim Pokrovsky, and Maksim Likhachev performed by Nogu Svelo! Little Chinese Bells by Maksim Likhachev performed by Nogu Svelo!
2014–2015	unknown	Hang Fire by The Rolling Stones performed by James Asher and Sivamani Earthsong by Karunesh

Records and achievements

Junior world record scores

Kazakova/Reviya are the former junior world record holders for the free dance and total scores.

Junior ice dance combined total records
Date	Score	Event	Note
7 March 2020	176.19	2020 World Junior Championships	Surpassed by Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik on 7 March 2020.
Junior ice dance free dance
Date	Score	Event	Note
7 December 2019	106.14	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	Surpassed on 7 March 2020.
7 March 2020	106.21	2020 World Junior Championships	Surpassed by Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik on 7 March 2020.

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Reviya for Georgia

International[4]
Event	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Olympics					19th
Worlds			C	WD	15th
Europeans			14th		WD
GP France						TBD
GP Wilson Trophy						TBD
CS Asian Open			3rd
CS Finlandia						WD
CS Golden Spin					WD
CS Nebelhorn					3rd
CS Warsaw Cup					WD
Mezzaluna Cup					1st
Volvo Open Cup			2nd
International: Junior[4]
Junior Worlds	9th	6th	2nd
JGP Final		6th	1st
JGP Armenia		2nd
JGP Croatia			1st
JGP Czech Republic		2nd
JGP Latvia			2nd
Golden Spin	2nd
NRW Trophy			1st
Santa Claus Cup	3rd
Tallinn Trophy	5th
Toruń Cup	1st
Volvo Open Cup		1st J
Team events
Olympics					6th T 8th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

With Vaskovich for Russia

International: Junior[3][22]
Event	2014–15	2015–16	2016–17
Ice Star			10th
International: Advanced novice
NRW Trophy	9th

Detailed results

ISU Personal best in bold. Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Reviya

Senior results

2021–2022 season
Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	17 66.76	15 98.62	15 165.38
February 12–14, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	18 67.08	19 97.25	19 164.33
February 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics – Team event	8 64.60	—	6T
October 15–17, 2021	2021 Mezzaluna Cup	1 74.98	1 111.80	1 186.78
September 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	5 66.95	2 106.25	3 173.20

Junior results

2019–2020 season
Date	Event	Level	RD	FD	Total
2–8 March 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	Junior	2 69.98	2 106.21	2 176.19
20–26 January 2020	2020 European Championships	Senior	12 67.49	14 99.73	14 167.22
5–8 December 2019	2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	1 68.76	1 106.14	1 174.90
5–10 November 2019	2019 Volvo Open Cup	Senior	2 69.95	2 112.48	2 182.43
30 Oct. – 3 Nov. 2019	2019 CS Asian Open Trophy	Senior	3 67.68	2 106.95	3 174.63
25–28 September 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	Junior	1 65.97	1 103.25	1 169.22
4–7 September 2019	2019 JGP Latvia	Junior	2 63.25	1 102.01	2 165.26
9–11 August 2019	2019 NRW Summer Trophy	Junior	1 59.13	1 93.95	1 153.08
2018–2019 season
Date	Event	Level	RD	FD	Total
18–24 March 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	Junior	6 60.08	6 95.32	6 155.40
6–9 December 2018	2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final	Junior	6 57.51	6 91.25	6 148.76
7–11 November 2018	2018 Volvo Open Cup	Junior	1 67.04	1 100.26	1 167.30
10–13 October 2018	2018 JGP Armenia	Junior	2 65.42	2 99.23	2 164.65
26–29 September 2018	2018 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	2 59.77	2 94.40	2 154.17
2017–2018 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
5–11 March 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	Junior	11 54.95	8 78.12	9 133.07
30 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2018	2018 Toruń Cup	Junior	1 56.44	1 75.63	1 132.07
6–9 December 2017	2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb	Junior	2 58.70	2 79.02	2 137.72
4–10 December 2017	2017 Santa Claus Cup	Junior	4 52.44	3 75.15	3 127.59
20–26 November 2017	2017 Tallinn Trophy	Junior	4 54.86	8 70.10	5 124.96

References

External links

• Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya at the International Skating Union

World Junior Record Holders
Preceded by Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha	Junior Free Dance 7 December 2019 – 7 March 2020	Succeeded by Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik
Preceded by Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha	Junior Total Score 7 March 2020	Succeeded by Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik

На других языках

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[ru] Казакова, Мария Евгеньевна

Мария Евгеньевна Казакова (груз. მარია ევგენიევნა კაზაკოვა, род. 15 июля 2001 года в Москве, Россия) — грузинская фигуристка российского происхождения, выступающая в танцах на льду с Георгием Ревией. Они — первые в истории Грузии победители юниорского финала Гран-при (2019)[1], бронзовые призёры турнира серии «Челленджер» Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2019.

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