Tamilla Abassova

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Rashidovna and the family name is Abassova.
Tamilla Abassova
Personal information
Full name Tamilla Rashidovna Abassova
Born (1982-12-09) 9 December 1982
Moscow, Soviet Union
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter

Tamilla Rashidovna Abassova (Azerbaijani: Tamilla Rəşid qızı Abbasova; Russian: Тамилла Рашидовна Абасова) born 9 December 1982 in Moscow) is a Russian racing cyclist who won the silver medal in the women's sprint event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the silver medal at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the same event.

She is of mixed Azerbaijani-Russian descent, and a practicing Baptist.[1]

References

  1. - Soviet Sport. "Bicycle is my spouse"


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