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{{Short description|Soviet gymnast (born 1961)}}
{{For|the Estonian footballer|Maria Filatova (footballer)}}
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| full_name       = Mariya Yevgenyevna Filatova
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| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1961|07|19}}
| birth_place     = [[Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city)|Leninsk-Kuznetsky]], [[Kemerovo Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union
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| natlteam        = 1974–82 ([[Soviet Union women's national gymnastics team|URS]])
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| retired         = 1982
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{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|60px]]
{{MedalGold|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Uneven Bars]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]]|All-Around}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]]}}
{{MedalGold|1977 Oviedo|All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|1977 Oviedo|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalGold|1978 Sao Paulo|All-Around}}
{{MedalGold|1978 Sao Paulo|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|1977 Oviedo|Vault}}
{{MedalSilver|1977 Oviedo|Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalSilver|1980 Toronto|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1977 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1977 Prague]]|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1977 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1977 Prague]]|Balance Beam}} 
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'''Maria Evgenievna Filatova''' ({{langx|ru|Мария Евгеньевна Филатова}}) (born July 19, 1961) is a retired Russian [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] and [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympics]].

==Career==
Filatova began competing for the USSR junior team in 1974. In 1976 she placed fourth at the USSR National Championships and competed well in various international events.

Filatova was originally named as an alternate to the Soviet team at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]]. However, during podium training, she received such a positive reaction from the crowd that she was added to the team roster. She shared in the team gold medal and was ranked ninth overall after the team competition. Because four of her teammates scored higher than she did and only three gymnasts per team were allowed to compete in the all-around, she did not advance to the AA finals in spite of her high placement.

Following the Olympics and the retirements of several high-profile gymnasts, including [[Ludmilla Tourischeva]] and [[Olga Korbut]], Filatova emerged as one of the leaders of the Soviet team. She won the World Cup in 1977 and 1978; the USSR Nationals in 1977, and the Riga International meet in 1977 and 1979. At the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympics]], Filatova served as the lead-off gymnast on several events and contributed to the team's gold medal. She continued to the [[1981 World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics|1981 World Championships]], where she was the silver medalist in the all-around.

British journalist David Hunn referred to Filatova as a "fifteen-year-old in the Korbut tradition." As Korbut, Filatova was known for her enthusiastic, expressive floor exercise routines and her difficult acrobatic skills. She was one of the first female gymnasts to successfully compete a double back somersault on floor in 1975.

Following her retirement in 1982, Filatova worked for several years with the British Gymnastics Federation (in Belfast) before moving to the United States. She now lives and coaches in Rochester, New York.

==Achievements (non-Olympic)==
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! Year
! Event
! width=30px|AA
! width=30px|Team
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! width=30px|[[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''1976'''||align=left|USSR Championships||||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''1977'''||align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|European Championships||||||||||bgcolor=CC9966|3rd||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=silver|2nd
|-
|rowspan="4"|'''1978'''||align=left|World Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|[[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||||||||||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Cup||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''1979'''||align=left|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||||
|-
|align=left|[[1979 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||bgcolor=gold|1st||||bgcolor=gold|1st
|-
|align=left|USSR Championships||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''1980'''||align=left|World Cup||||||||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''1981'''||align=left|[[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]||bgcolor=silver|2nd||bgcolor=gold|1st||||||||
|-
|align=left|[[1981 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]||||bgcolor=silver|2nd||||||||
|}

==External links and sources==
*{{FIG|bio=22219|lic=667|name=Maria Filatova}}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103044243/http://filatova.atava.by/ |date=November 3, 2018 |title=Official website of Maria Filatova}}
*[http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/filatova.html List of competitive results at Gymn-Forum.net]
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111094447/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/filatova.htm |date=November 11, 2010 |title=Whatever happened to Maria Filatova? }}
*Hunn, David; (1980). ''The Complete Book of Gymnastics'', London : Ward Lock Ltd. {{ISBN|99903-963-2-9}}.

{{Olympic champions artistic gymnastics Women TC|1976|1980}}
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{{Footer European Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Champions (Women)}}
{{International Gymnastics Hall of Fame members}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Leninsk-Kuznetsky]]
[[Category:Soviet female artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Russian female artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:European champions in gymnastics]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportswomen]]