Larisa Olegovna Pankova (russian: Лариса Олеговна Панкова; born 12 May 1991) is a Russian

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. She was born in

Semey Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

. She competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the Women's road race, finishing 38th. In 2012, she won the

Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...

. During her career, she raced for Rusvelo and Astana - Acca Due O. She also finished second in the Russian National Road Race Championships in 2011, following on from a third place in 2010. She competed in the Women's Road Race World Championships in 2012.

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Russian female cyclists 1991 births Living people Olympic cyclists of Russia Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Semey {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub