Larisa Moskalenko

Larysa Moskalenko is a former sailor, who competed for the Soviet Union and Unified Team. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Iryna Chunykhovska.^[1][2][3]

Larisa Moskalenko

Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Sailing
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	470 class

She moved to Italy in 1993 and ran a luxury boat rental business. In 2013, she was arrested after she had been hired to provide speedboats to an operation that kidnapped children involved in custody battles.^[4][5][6] She stated in a pre-trial hearing, "I thought it was all legal, in fact I thought it was a humanitarian action."^[7]

References

1. . www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
2. . www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
3. John Nauright (6 April 2012). Sports around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
4. Squires, Nick (1 November 2013). "Italian police 'bust child kidnapping ring'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
5. "Italy busts 'international child kidnapping ring'". BBC News. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
6. Langlois, Jill (31 October 2013). "Italy busts international child kidnapping ring". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
7. McKenna, Joesphine (3 November 2013). "Child kidnappings were like a James Bond film, Ukrainian athlete says". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-08-15.