Maria Butyrskaya

Maria Butyrskaya
Butyrskaya in 2010
Personal information
Full nameMaria Viktorovna Butyrskaya
Born (1972-06-28) 28 June 1972
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
Began skating1977
Retired2002
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
World Championships
1999 Helsinki Ladies' singles
1998 Minneapolis Ladies' singles
2000 Nice Ladies' singles
European Championships
1998 Milan Ladies' singles
1999 Prague Ladies' singles
2002 Lausanne Ladies' singles
2000 Vienna Ladies' singles
2001 Bratislava Ladies' singles
1996 Sofia Ladies' singles
Grand Prix Final
1998–99 St. Peters.. Ladies' singles
1997–98 Munich Ladies' singles
1999–2000 Lyon Ladies' singles
Russian Championships
1993 Chelyabinsk Ladies’ Singles
1995 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
1996 Samara Ladies’ Singles
1997 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
1998 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
1999 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
1994 Saint Petersburg Ladies’ Singles
2000 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
2002 Moscow Ladies’ Singles
2001 Moscow Ladies’ Singles

Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya (Russian: Мария Викторовна Бутырская, born 28 June 1972) is a Russian retired figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion and a three-time European champion — becoming the oldest skater and the first Russian to win the World ladies' title and the oldest skater to win the European ladies' title (2002 at age 29). Butyrskaya placed fourth at the 1998 Winter Olympics and sixth at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She won the Russian national title six times.