Kseniya Moskvina

Kseniya Moskvina

Personal information
Full name	Kseniya Leonidovna Moskvina
National team	Russia
Born	29 May 1989 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Russia Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 2009 Istanbul 100 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 50 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 4×100 m medley

Kseniya Leonidovna Moskvina (Russian: Ксения Леонидовна Москвина; born May 29, 1989) is a Russian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.^[1] She finished fourteenth in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and eclipsed a European record (56.36) to claim the gold medal at the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, apart from two of her bronze medals obtained in the 50 m backstroke, and 4 × 100 m medley relay.^[2]

Moskvina competed for the Russian team in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she finished with the second-place time in 1:00.95 to assure her direct selection to the Olympic team and clear the FINA A-cut (1:01.70) by almost a full second at the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.^[3] In the 100 m backstroke, Moskvina missed the top eight final with a thirteenth-place time in 1:01.06.^[4] Swimming in heat six on the evening prelims, Moskvina put up a tremendous effort from lane one with a blazing 1:00.70 to seal the last seed of the top 16 semifinal roster.^[5][6]

On the last day of the competition, Moskvina earned a fifth-place finish as a member of the Russian team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with a final time of 3:57.84.^[7][8] Swimming the lead-off backstroke leg in the prelims, Moskvina produced a split of 1:01.05 to receive the Russian foursome of Anastasia Aksenova, Yuliya Yefimova, and Natalya Sutyagina a fifth seed en route to the final in 3:59.66.^[9][10]

On March 14, 2013, Moskvina was ordered a six-year ban by the Russian Swimming Federation for committing a second doping violation.^[11][12]

References

1. "Kseniya Moskvina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
2. "European Short Course Championships: Laszlo Cseh Opens Second Day With World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
3. "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Backstroke" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 62. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
4. "Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
5. "Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 6". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
6. Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Olympic Record Times Three, Kirsty Coventry Leads Women's 100 Back Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
7. "Swimming: Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
8. Lohn, John (16 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Flash Australia Wins Women's 400 Medley Relay in World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
9. "Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
10. Lohn, John (15 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: Australia Paces Women's 400 Medley Relay Prelims". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
11. "Russian swimmers Ksenia Moskvina and Yekaterina Andreyeva banned for doping violations". Washington Post. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
12. "Euro Champ Kseniya Moskvina banned for six years for repeat offense". Swimming World Magazine. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile