Larysa Moskalenko is a former sailor, who competed for the

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and Unified Team. She won a bronze medal in the

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class at the

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with Iryna Chunykhovska. 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. She stated in a pre-trial hearing, "I thought it was all legal, in fact I thought it was a humanitarian action."

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1963 births Living people Soviet female sailors (sport) Ukrainian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Soviet Union Olympic sailors for the Unified Team Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub