Mariia Pinchuk

Pinchuk was born on 7 April 2006 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Pinchuk and her mother fled Kharkiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and have lived in Austria since mid-March 2022. Her father, sister, and grandparents remained in Ukraine.

Pinchuk and Pogorielov made their international junior debut in the 2020–21 season which, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, featured few events, in particular for junior skaters. Despite this, they won three silver medals at smaller events held in Europe, most notably the Budapest Trophy. They won both the national novice and junior titles.

Pinchuk and Pogorielov made their Junior Grand Prix debut, coming ninth at the 2022 JGP Slovakia and sixth at the 2022 JGP Poland. They won their first international gold medal at the Open d'Andorra, and silver medals at both the Santa Claus Cup and the Victor Petrenko Cup, collecting their second Ukrainian junior title as well.

Pinchuk and Pogorielov's plans for the second half of the season were derailed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made their home city of Kharkiv the site of one of the largest and most protracted early battles. Pinchuk and her mother evacuated to Vienna, accompanied by coach Galina Churilova and Pogorielov, whose family had largely relocated to Spain. Despite these disruptions, the team was able to attend the 2022 World Junior Championships, which had been delayed and moved to Tallinn as a result of the invasion, with all Russian and Belarusian skaters banned from participating. Pinchuk/Pogorielov finished in seventeenth place in their ISU championship debut.

With their regular choreographer Larisa Fiodorova still in Kharkiv and unable to leave, Pinchuk and Pogorielov received assistance in preparing their new programs from retired Ukrainian senior champions Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin. In their second season on the Junior Grand Prix, they won the bronze medal at the 2022 JGP Latvia. In their second event, the 2022 JGP Poland, they finished fourth.

Opting to make their international senior debut, Pinchuk and Pogorielov won a bronze medal at the Bosphorus Cup and silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. They were sent to represent Ukraine at the 2023 European Championships, qualifying to the free dance and finishing fifteenth. Pinchuk and Pogorielov then appeared at their second World Junior Championships, finishing in twelfth place.

Starting their season again on the Junior Grand Prix, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished second in the rhythm dance at the 2023 JGP Turkey, but rose to first place after the free dance despite being second in that segment as well, winning the gold medal. This was the first Junior Grand Prix title for a Ukrainian dance team since Nosulia and Kholoniuk's victory on the 2011 circuit. Pinchuk assessed that "when you set a goal like this you have so many emotions and so many things to say but now I don't know what to say." At their second event, the 2023 JGP Poland, they won the silver medal, including a first-place finish in the free dance. Their results qualified them to the Junior Grand Prix Final.

Pinchuk and Pogorielov then competed at senior level events, winning bronze at the 2023 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and gold at the 2023 Pavel Roman Memorial.

In December, the duo finished fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which they announced would be their last appearance at the junior level.

Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Pinchuk and Pogorielov finished in eighteenth place.

Beginning their season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, Pinchuk/Pogorielov finished ninth at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, twelfth at the 2024 Budapest Trophy, and tenth at the 2024 Nepela Memorial. Going on to make their senior Grand Prix debut, the team finished tenth at the 2024 Finlandia Trophy. They subsequently competed at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup and the 2024 Sofia Trophy, where they finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

In January, Pinchuk/Pogorielov finished fourth at the 2025 Winter World University Games. They then closed the season with a twentieth-place finish at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

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|{{FS placements|3|{{small|CS}} Budapest Trophy|p3=12th}}

|{{FS placements|3|{{small|CS}} Denis Ten Memorial|p2=3rd}}

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|{{FS placements|3|{{small|CS}} Nepela Memorial|p3=10th}}

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|{{FS placements|3|Pavel Roman Memorial|p1=3rd|p2=1st}}

|{{FS placements|3|Santa Claus Cup|p3=4th}}

|{{FS placements|3|Sofia Trophy|p3=5th}}

|{{FS placements|3|{{nowrap|Winter University Games}}|p3=4th}}

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{{Figure skating competitive highlights

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|{{FS placements|4|{{nowrap|World Junior Championships}}|p2=17th|p3=12th}}

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|{{FS placements|4|{{small|JGP}} Latvia|p3=3rd}}

|{{FS placements|4|{{small|JGP}} Poland|p2=6th|p3=4th|p4=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|4|{{small|JGP}} Slovakia|p2=9th}}

|{{FS placements|4|{{small|JGP}} Turkey|p4=1st}}

|{{FS placements|4|Budapest Trophy|p1=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|4|Ice Challenge|p2=7th}}

|{{FS placements|4|LuMi Dance Trophy|p1=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|4|Open d'Andorra|p2=1st}}

|{{FS placements|4|Santa Claus Cup|p2=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|4|Viktor Petrenko Cup|p2=2nd}}

|{{FS placements|4|Winter Star|p1=2nd}}

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|167.22|{{nowrap|2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge }}

|65.93|2024 CS Nepela Memorial

|37.33|2024 CS Nepela Memorial

|28.79|2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

|105.74|2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

|61.44|2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

|44.86|2023 JGP Poland

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{{Figure skating detailed results

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|Nov 10–13, 2022|{{flagicon|CZE}} 2022 Pavel Roman Memorial|4|58.45|3|97.66|3|156.11

|Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2022|{{flagicon|TUR}} 2022 Bosphorus Cup|1|69.91|3|91.79|2|161.70

|Jan 23–29, 2023|{{flagicon|FIN}} 2023 European Championships|14|59.36|15|89.01|15|148.37

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|Nov 2–5, 2023|{{flagicon|KAZ}} 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge|6|61.48|3|105.74|3|167.22

|Nov 10–12, 2023|{{flagicon|CZE}} 2023 Pavel Roman Memorial|1|64.62|1|98.02|1|162.64

|Jan 8–14, 2024|{{flagicon|LTU}} 2024 European Championships|17|61.42|18|92.16|18|153.58

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|Sep 19–21, 2024|{{flagicon|GER}} 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy|8|63.04|10|96.49|9|159.53

|Oct 11–13, 2024|{{flagicon|HUN}} 2024 CS Budapest Trophy|11|60.62|12|91.78|12|152.40

|Oct 24-26, 2024|{{flagicon|CZE}} 2024 CS Nepela Memorial|9|65.93|10|96.35|10|162.28

|Nov 15–17, 2024|{{flagicon|FIN}} 2024 Finlandia Trophy|10|54.39|10|79.95|10|134.34

|Nov 27 – Dec 2, 2024|{{flagicon|HUN}} 2024 Santa Claus Cup|3|64.86|5|100.13|4|164.99

|Jan 7–12, 2025|{{flagicon|BUL}} 2025 Sofia Trophy|5|62.62|5|105.65|5|168.27

|Jan 16–18, 2025|{{flagicon|ITA}} 2025 Winter University Games|4|61.39|4|94.13|4|155.52

|Jan 28 – {{nowrap|Feb 2, 2025}}|{{flagicon|EST}} 2025 European Championships|20|60.69|20|95.29|20|155.98

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