Larisa Moskalenko
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Sailing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 470 class

Larysa Moskalenko is a former sailor, who competed for the Soviet Union and Unified Team. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Iryna Chunykhovska.[1][2][3]

She moved to Italy in 1993 and ran a luxury boat rental business. In 2013, she was arrested after she had been hired to provide speedboats to an operation that kidnapped children involved in custody battles.[4][5][6] She stated in a pre-trial hearing, "I thought it was all legal, in fact I thought it was a humanitarian action."[7]

References

  1. ^ "Larysa Moskalenko". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  2. ^ "Larisa Moskalenko". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  3. ^ John Nauright (6 April 2012). Sports around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  4. ^ Squires, Nick (1 November 2013). "Italian police 'bust child kidnapping ring'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  5. ^ "Italy busts 'international child kidnapping ring'". BBC News. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  6. ^ Langlois, Jill (31 October 2013). "Italy busts international child kidnapping ring". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  7. ^ McKenna, Joesphine (3 November 2013). "Child kidnappings were like a James Bond film, Ukrainian athlete says". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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