Tatiana Cocsanova (born 16 January 2004) is a Canadian

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...

of Moldovan origin.

Personal life

Cocsanova was born on 16 January 2004 in Chișinău, Moldova. She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age 6, her idols are Russian gymnasts

Alina Kabaeva Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...

Margarita Mamun Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...

and

Aleksandra Soldatova Aleksandra Sergeyevna Soldatova (russian: link=no, Александра Сергеевна Солдатова; born 1 June 1998) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 World All-around bronze medalist, 2018 World rib ...

, Israeli gymnast

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. In 2022 she accomplished her dream of participating in a

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. In her free time Tatiana makes videos for her YouTube channel as well as study science at

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Career

Junior

Tatiana entered the Canadian team in 2018, when she finished in 4th at nationals. In 2019 she competed at Élite Canada ending 4th in the All-Around and ribbon, 5th with clubs and won two bronze medals with rope and ball. At the Canadian championships she was 4th with ball and ribbon, won bronze in the All-Around and with rope and gold with clubs. That year she was selected for the Junior Pan Am Championships in Monterrey, ending 5th in the rope final and winning silver in teams.

Senior

Cocsanova debuted as a senior at the 2020 Élite Canada in

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she was 6th with ribbon but won bronze in the All-Around and with hoop and ball as well as gold with clubs. Because of the

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she returned to competition a year later at nationals, winning all the gold medals apart from ball where she got silver. 2022 was her breakout year, Tatiana won Élite Canada and then took part in the

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taking the 17th place in the All-Around and with hoop, 15th with ball, 8th with clubs and 24th with ribbon. In August she competed at the

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where she won gold in teams along Carmel Kallemaa and Suzanna Shahbazian, later that month she was at the World Cup in Cluj-Napoca, finishing 23rd in the All-Around, 24th with hoop, 29th with ball, 25th with clubs and 16th with ribbon. A month later Cocsanova was selected for the

in Sofia where she competed with ribbon, and finished in 37th.

References

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