Background
Burtaev was born on 18 June 1995 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Burtaev was born on 18 June 1995 in Brisbane, Queensland.
She attended Mountain Gravatt East State School before going to high school at Mansfield State High School.
Burtaev is a synchronised swimmer, who started in the sport when she was ten years old. Burtaev finished 4th in the team event at the 2010 Swiss Open in Arbon, Switzerland. She finished 11th in the team event at the 2010 FINA World Cup in China.
She finished 18th in the technical team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.
She finished 17th in the team event at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. She finished 9th in the team event at the 2011 German Open in Bonn, Germany and 6th in the team event at the 2011 French Open in Paris, France.
The FINA World Championships held in Shanghai, China served as the 2012 Olympic qualifying event for the team In the technical team portion, her team finished 18th and in the Free Team event, her team finished 17th.
In 2012, she was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in synchronized swimming along with team-mates Eloise Amberger, Jenny-Lyn Anderson, Sarah Bombell, Tamika Domrow, Bianca Hammett, Tarren Otte, Francesca Owen and Samantha Reid.
After the Olympics, Burtaev and Bianca Hammett represented Australia at the 2013 Open Make Up Forever synchronised swimming competition, coming 10th in the Technical Duet Final with a score of 70.5250, and 13th in the Free Duet preliminary with a score of 74.7125. At the 2013 FINA World Championships, Burtaev and Hammett came 22nd in the Technical Duet with a score of 71.700, and came 30th in the Free Duet with a score of 70.180.
She is a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids club and has been a National Team member since the age of 14. At 17, Burtaev was the youngest member of the Australian squad. Burtaev was also scheduled to perform a solo synchro routine, along with some of the other members of the team
