Tamilla Rashidovna Abassova ( az, Tamilla Rəşid qızı Abbasova, russian: Тамилла Рашидовна Абасова; born 9 December 1982, in
Moscow
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) is a Russian
racing cyclist
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who won the silver medal in the women's sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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and the silver medal at the
2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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Medal table
Medal summary
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Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
descent, and a practicing
Baptist
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