Vera Vladimirovna Stolyarova (Bondareva) (; born 12 October 1993) is a Russian ballroom dancer (Latin American program). Winner of the World Junior Championship (2007). Master of Sports of Russia of international class (2018). Vice-World and European champion in 2021. Since 2022, he has been developing as a media personality, mentor of dance projects and entrepreneur, she is the founder of the EAZYBEAUTY beauty studio in Moscow.
Biography Stolyarova was born on 12 October 1993 in Novosibirsk. She started her dancing career in early childhood. She graduated from high school at the age of 15, completing the last four classes with an external degree in less than two years and passing the Unified State Exam ahead of schedule. After school, she moved to Italy, where she graduated from the University of Ca' Foscari at the Faculty of Linguistics with a degree in International Politics.
In 2005, she formed a dance duo with Viktor Burchuladze, with whom she achieved her first major international successes, including winning the World Junior II Championship in 2007. From 2008 to 2015, she lived and trained in Italy, winning the Italian National Championship in the Youth and Adult categories.
In 2013, she participated in the Italian version of the show Dancing with the Stars, Ballando con le Stelle, paired with actor Federico Costantini. She achieved the greatest success in her professional career with Andrey Gusev (2015-2022). In 2021, the pair became silver medalists at the WDSF European and World Championships.
Also, on 25 June 2021, she became the champion of Russia in the category of sequels (show numbers). During her career, she became the vice-champion of Russia in the adult category seven times. In 2022, she announced the end of her professional sports career, after which she took up teaching, teaching adults and children.
TV After retiring from big-time sports, she became a participant in the projects of the TNT TV channel. In 2024, she took part in the Titans show, where she defeated the world boxing champion in an individual challenge in the first edition. In the same year, she became a mentor for the Stardance project. In 2026, she became a member of the "Titans project. The Battle of the Seasons".
Personal life In March 2025, at the VTB Arena stadium, I received a marriage proposal from blogger and athlete Alexey Stolyarov. On December 17, 2025, the couple officially registered their marriage at the Griboyedov Registry Office in Moscow.
After the marriage was registered, she took her husband's last name. In January 2026, the couple publicly announced that they were expecting their first child.
Sporting achievements YearTournamentProgramPlace2012European ChampionshipLatin American17World championshipLatin American92013European ChampionshipLatin American112014European ChampionshipLatin American12World championshipLatin American202017World championshipLatin American62018World championshipLatin American42019World championshipLatin American42021European ChampionshipLatin American2World championshipLatin American2
References
External links
Vera Bondareva's Instagram Dancesport.ru — YouTube-channel Results of the pair Andrey Gusev and Vera Bondareva on DanceSportInfo Vera Bondareva — biography on 24SMI Publication about Vera Bondareva — Life.ru A dancer from Novosibirsk defeated a boxing champion Novosibirsk dancer became a participant of the Star Dancing show Alexey Stolyarov and Vera Bondareva expecting a baby Alexey Stolyarov and Vera Bondareva officially became husband and wife Dancer Vera Bondareva is pregnant by Alexey Stolyarov