Kseniya Moskvina

{{short description|Russian swimmer}}

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| fullname = Kseniya Leonidovna Moskvina

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| strokes = Backstroke

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry| Russia }}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalBronze| 2009 Belgrade | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalGold| 2009 Istanbul | 100 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze| 2009 Istanbul | 50 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze| 2009 Istanbul | 4×100 m medley}}

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Kseniya Leonidovna Moskvina ({{langx|ru|Ксения Леонидовна Москвина}}; born May 29, 1989) is a Russian swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Kseniya Moskvina|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/kseniya-moskvina-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220513/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/kseniya-moskvina-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 5 January 2013}} She finished fourteenth in the 100 m backstroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and eclipsed a European record (56.36) to claim the gold medal at the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, apart from two of her bronze medals obtained in the 50 m backstroke, and 4 × 100 m medley relay.{{cite news|title=European Short Course Championships: Laszlo Cseh Opens Second Day With World Record|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/22947.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=11 December 2009|accessdate=5 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503145759/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/22947.asp|archivedate=3 May 2013}}

Moskvina competed for the Russian team in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she finished with the second-place time in 1:00.95 to assure her direct selection to the Olympic team and clear the FINA A-cut (1:01.70) by almost a full second at the Russian Open Championships in Moscow.{{cite web|title=Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Backstroke|url=http://magazines.swimmingworld.com:9997/SPIPDF/080508olyscutsheet.pdf|page=62|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|accessdate=10 April 2013}} In the 100 m backstroke, Moskvina missed the top eight final with a thirteenth-place time in 1:01.06.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 1 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW041200/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821002249/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW041200/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }} Swimming in heat six on the evening prelims, Moskvina put up a tremendous effort from lane one with a blazing 1:00.70 to seal the last seed of the top 16 semifinal roster.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 6 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW041900/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032355/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW041900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}{{cite news|last=Lohn |first=John |title=Olympics, Swimming: Olympic Record Times Three, Kirsty Coventry Leads Women's 100 Back Prelims |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18741.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=10 August 2008 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514114724/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18741.asp |archivedate=14 May 2013 }}

On the last day of the competition, Moskvina earned a fifth-place finish as a member of the Russian team in the 4 × 100 m medley relay with a final time of 3:57.84.{{cite web|title=Swimming: Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Final |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW451100/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821063140/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW451100/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 }}{{cite news|last=Lohn |first=John |title=Olympics, Swimming: Flash Australia Wins Women's 400 Medley Relay in World Record |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18855.asp |publisher=Swimming World Magazine |date=16 August 2008 |accessdate=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017121930/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18855.asp |archivedate=17 October 2012 }} Swimming the lead-off backstroke leg in the prelims, Moskvina produced a split of 1:01.05 to receive the Russian foursome of Anastasia Aksenova, Yuliya Yefimova, and Natalya Sutyagina a fifth seed en route to the final in 3:59.66.{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Heat 2|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWW451900/index.html|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=5 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW451900/index.html|archivedate=21 August 2012}}{{cite news|last=Lohn|first=John|title=Olympics, Swimming: Australia Paces Women's 400 Medley Relay Prelims|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18839.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=4 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319190954/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18839.asp|archivedate=19 March 2013}}

On March 14, 2013, Moskvina was ordered a six-year ban by the Russian Swimming Federation for committing a second doping violation.{{cite news|title=Russian swimmers Ksenia Moskvina and Yekaterina Andreyeva banned for doping violations|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/russian-swimmers-ksenia-moskvina-and-yekaterina-andreyeva-banned-for-doping-violations/2013/03/15/a69ad32c-8d66-11e2-adca-74ab31da3399_story.html|work=Washington Post|accessdate=15 March 2013}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|title=Euro Champ Kseniya Moskvina banned for six years for repeat offense|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/33779.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=14 March 2013|accessdate=16 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411213959/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/33779.asp|archivedate=11 April 2013}}