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| Born | 4 June 1983 Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Vladimirovna Moshkovich [a] (born 4 June 1983) is a Russian-Austrian paracyclist who competes in handbike races.
In 2004, Moshkovich suffered severe spinal injuries in a car accident. Her boyfriend and another friend died in the accident, and she has had to use a wheelchair since then. Before the accident, she had been involved in dance sport. [2] She came to Heidelberg from Russia as part of a rehabilitation program. Since life for a physically disabled person was more independent in Germany than in Russia, she decided to stay in 2009. She continued her studies in computer linguistics and began to exercise with a handbike, which gave her a feeling of freedom. [2] She then began studying sports in Innsbruck, where she has lived since 2014. In 2022, Moshkovich became an Austrian citizen. [1]
From 2011, Moshkovich competed in World Cup races in paracycling, initially for Russia. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she took third place in the time trial; in the road race she finished sixth. [3] In 2015 she won the world title in the time trial, and she won further medals at world championships and other races. [4] In 2021 she competed in the Paralympics in Tokyo, finishing fourth in the road race and ninth in the time trial. [3]
In 2015, 2018 and 2023, Moshkovich won the overall World Cup ranking. [5] [4] In September 2023 she was granted permission to compete for Austria in major events such as the Paralympics and World Championships. For 2024 she plans to compete in the Paralympics in Paris and set an hour world record. [6] [7]
In 2023, Moshkovich was named Austrian Paracyclist of the Year. [8]
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