Larissa Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich (russian: Лариса Косорукова-Песяхович, born May 30, 1973) is a

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). She won three bronze medals at the

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, earning them in

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(K-2 200 m for

under her maiden name of Kosorukova),

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

(K-4 200 m for Russia under her married name of Pesyakhovich), and

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(K-2 1000 m for

under her married name). Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich also competed in three

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. Competing for Russia at the 1996 Games in

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, she finished seventh in the K-4 500 m and eighth in the K-2 500 m. Four years later in

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, Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich competed for Israel in the K-2 500 m event, but was eliminated in the semifinals. She closed out her Olympic career at the 2004 Games in

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with her best overall finish of sixth in the K-1 500 m event. Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich moved to Israel following the

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* 1973 births Russian emigrants to Israel Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Israeli female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Israel Olympic canoeists for Russia Russian female canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{Russia-canoe-bio-stub