Tatyana Sergeyevna Moskvina (also ''Tatsiana Siarheievna Maskvina'', ; born 10 January 1973 in

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) is a Russian-born

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ian

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, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, Moskvina held the 2003 Belarusian senior title in her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including four from the

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, and represented her naturalized nation

in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004). Currently a permanent resident in

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and a naturalized Belarusian citizen, Moskvina trained under head coach and sensei Magomed Ramazanov for Dinamo. Moskvina made her official debut at the

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, where she competed in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She fell in a bodily shattering

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defeat to Japanese judoka and reigning Olympic champion Ryoko Tamura during their opening match, but redeemed her chance for an Olympic medal by thwarting Honduras' Dora Maldonado and Italy's Giovanna Tortora in the repechage. Fighting against Algeria's

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for a spot in the bronze medal final, Moskvina conceded with a chui penalty and a false attack, and lost the match by points and caution. Despite missing out the

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due to sustained injuries, Moskvina reached the pinnacle of her judo career by picking up two career medals at the

in 2002 and 2003. The following year, she sought bid for her second Olympic stint with a sterling silver in the 48-kg division at the same tournament in

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, losing the final match to Romania's Alina Dumitru by an

. At the

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, Moskvina qualified for her second Belarusian squad, as a 31-year-old veteran and a lone female judoka, in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg), by placing second and receiving a berth from the A-Tournament in

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. She opened her match with a swift exit from French judoka and eventual silver medalist Frédérique Jossinet, who scored an effortless, fifteen-second

victory and pulverized her into the

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with a

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(scoop throw). In the repechage, Moskvina gained control to pin Australia's

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on the mat within a full minute, before succumbed to a waza-ari awasete ippon hold from China's Gao Feng in her subsequent match.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moskvina, Tatiana 1973 births Living people Belarusian female judoka Olympic judoka for Belarus Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Russian emigrants to Belarus Martial artists from Minsk Martial artists from Novosibirsk