Tatiana Cocsanova (born 16 January 2004) is a Canadian

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. She is a

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champion and Pan American Championships medalist.

Early life

In 2004, Cocsanova was born Chișinău, Moldova and later immigrated to Canada. She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age 6.

Career

Junior

Cocsanova entered the Canadian team in 2018, when she finished in 4th at nationals. In 2019 she competed at Élite Canada finishing 4th in the all-around and ribbon, 5th with clubs and winning bronze medals with rope and ball. At the Canadian championships she was 4th with ball and ribbon, won bronze in the all-around and with rope, and gold with clubs. That year she was selected for the Junior Pan Am Championships in

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, finishing 5th in the rope final and winning team silver.

Senior

Cocsanova debuted as a senior at the 2020 Élite Canada in

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where she was 6th with ribbon but won bronze in the all-around and with hoop and ball, as well as gold with clubs. Because of the

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she returned to competition a year later at nationals, winning all the gold medals apart from a silver with ball. 2022 was her breakout year, Cocsanova won Élite Canada and then took part in the

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taking 17th place in the all-around and with hoop, 15th with ball, 8th with clubs and 24th with ribbon. In August she competed at the

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where she won team gold alongside

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and

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. Later that month she was at the World Cup in

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, finishing 23rd in the all-around, 24th with hoop, 29th with ball, 25th with clubs and 16th with ribbon. A month later Cocsanova was selected for the

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in Sofia where she competed with ribbon and finished 37th. In 2023 she finished 15th in the All-Around at the

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, later she won bronze in teams and with ribbon at the Pan American Championships in

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. In August she was selected for the

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where she was 41st in the All-Around, 31st with hoop, 35th with ball, 67th with clubs and 53rd with ribbon.

Personal life

In her free time, Cocsanova makes videos for her YouTube channel. She studies science at

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. Her idols are Russian gymnasts

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and

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, and Israeli gymnast

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cocsanova, Tatiana 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău Canadian people of Moldovan descent Canadian rhythmic gymnasts Moldovan rhythmic gymnasts Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Pan American Championships 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in gymnastics Commonwealth Games gymnasts for Canada