Tatyana Tsaryova (, also romanized as Tatiana Tsareva; born 30 December 1977) is a Soviet-born Russian retired

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. She represented

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in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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and at the

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, and 2001, winning a bronze medal at the 2001 tournament.

Playing career

Tsaryova's senior career began with Luzhniki Moscow in the inaugural season of the

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(RWHL), 1995–96. She remained with the team as it was renamed CSK VVS Moscow in 1996 and Viking Moscow in 1998. During the 1999–2000 season, she played in the Finnish Naisten I-divisioona with

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, in addition to playing four games with Viking Moscow in the RWHL. She was joined on the Ässät roster by national team and Viking teammate

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. Tsaryova ranked second of all players for scoring in the Naisten I-divisioona, recording 12 goals and 9 assists for 21 points in thirteen games played.

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* * 1977 births Living people HC Agidel Ufa players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Russian women's ice hockey forwards Sportspeople from Saratov Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey) players {{Russia-icehockey-bio-stub