Larissa Kosorukova
Larissa Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich (Russian: Лариса Косорукова-Песяхович, born May 30, 1973) is a Russian-born Israeli sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). She won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1995 (K-2 200 m for Russia under her maiden name of Kosorukova), 1998 (K-4 200 m for Russia under her married name of Pesyakhovich), and 2002 (K-2 1000 m for Israel under her married name).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's canoe sprint | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1995 Duisburg | K-2 200 m |
| 1998 Szeged | K-4 200 m |
| 2002 Seville | K-2 1000 m |
Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich also competed in three Summer Olympics. Competing for Russia at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, she finished seventh in the K-4 500 m and eighth in the K-2 500 m. Four years later in Sydney, Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich competed for Israel in the K-2 500 m event, but was eliminated in the semifinals. She closed out her Olympic career at the 2004 Games in Athens with her best overall finish of sixth in the K-1 500 m event.
Kosorukova-Pesyakhovich moved to Israel following the 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.
References
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)