Maria Vitalyevna Verchenova (russian: Мария Витальевна Верченова, born 27 March 1986) is a Russian professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

er. She is the first Russian to become a full-time member of the

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. She has several top-10 finishes. She competed under her married name Maria Balikoeva from 2012 to 2015. Verchenova qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. She shot a course record 62 in the 4th round and finished tied for 16th place.

Amateur wins

*2004 Russian Amateur *2005 Latvian Amateur, Slovenian Amateur *2006 Russian Amateur, Austrian Amateur Source:

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* * * Russian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Olympic golfers for Russia Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow 1986 births Living people {{Russia-golf-bio-stub