Maryna Aleksiiva

Full Name Maryna Aleksiiva (Марина Алексіїва)
Nation Ukraine
Birthdate May 29, 2001
Olympics 2020
Status Active
Social Media Instagram
Career Highlights

Olympic bronze medalist in team… Three-time World champion… Member of the highlight routine that won the nation’s first ever World title in 2019… 12-time World medalist overall… 10-time European champion and five-time European silver medalist… Competed at the 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Championships… Swam at the 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023 European Championships…  Swims in duet alongside twin sister Vladyslava Aleksiiva… Competed at the 2016 and 2018  World Junior Championships.

2023: Won bronze in free team at the World Championships… Also placed sixth in free duet, seventh in acrobatic team, 10th in technical duet and 11th in technical team there… Earned silver in free duet and acrobatic team at the European Games… Also finished fourth in technical duet and free team, and fifth in technical team there… Competed in three World Cups throughout the season – Markham (1G, 2S), Montpellier (2G) and Oviedo (1G, 2S, 1B).

2022Won five medals at the World Championships: two golds in free combination and highlight, and three silvers in technical duet, free duet, and free team… Earned six European Championship titles in technical duet, free duet, technical team, free team, free combination, and highlight.

2021Won a bronze medal in team at the Olympic Games… Became European champion in free team, free combination, and highlight at the European Championships… Also earned a silver in technical team at that meet.

2020: Swam at the French Open, the first and only stop of the world series for the season…Won gold medals in free team, free combination and highlight there… Did not compete internationally thereafter due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets.

2019: Won Ukraine’s first-ever world title in the highlight event at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju… Also earned three world bronze medals in technical and free team, and free combination… Helped the country qualify to a second Olympic berth for 2020….Competed in three FINA World Series – Paris, Alexandroupoli, Barcelona – and the Super Final in Budapest… Won the free duet event at the French Open.

2018: Competed in both senior and junior meets… European champion in combo… Silver medalist in technical team and alternate to silver-medal free routine at the European Championships… Two-time silver medalist in duet at the FINA Junior World Championships and at the European Junior Championships with her sister… Competed in four world series meet with the senior team – French Open, Budapest Open, Canadian Open and Synchro American Open.

2017: Earned bronze in the free team and silver in the free combination at the 2017 World Championships… Won gold in team in three out of four meets part of the FINA World Series, and gold all around in free combination and highlight.

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