Tatiana Cocsanova

Tatiana Cocsanova (born 16 January 2004) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast of Moldovan origin. She is a Commonwealth Games champion and Pan American Championships medalist.

Junior
Cocsanova entered the Canadian team in 2018, when she finished in 4th at nationals. In 2019 she competed at Élite Canada finishing 4th in the all-around and ribbon, 5th with clubs and winning bronze medals with rope and ball. At the Canadian championships she was 4th with ball and ribbon, won bronze in the all-around and with rope, and gold with clubs. That year she was selected for the Junior Pan Am Championships in Monterrey, finishing 5th in the rope final and winning team silver.

Senior
Cocsanova debuted as a senior at the 2020 Élite Canada in Burnaby where she was 6th with ribbon but won bronze in the all-around and with hoop and ball, as well as gold with clubs. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic she returned to competition a year later at nationals, winning all the gold medals apart from a silver with ball.

2022 was her breakout year, Cocsanova won Élite Canada and then took part in the World Cup in Sofia taking 17th place in the all-around and with hoop, 15th with ball, 8th with clubs and 24th with ribbon. In August she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she won team gold alongside Carmel Kallemaa and Suzanna Shahbazian. Later that month she was at the World Cup in Cluj-Napoca, finishing 23rd in the all-around, 24th with hoop, 29th with ball, 25th with clubs and 16th with ribbon. A month later Cocsanova was selected for the World Championships in Sofia where she competed with ribbon and finished 37th.

In 2023 she finished 15th in the All-Around at the World Cup in Tashkent, later she won bronze in teams and with ribbon at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara. In August she was selected for the World Championships in Valencia where she was 41st in the All-Around, 31st with hoop, 35th with ball, 67th with clubs and 53rd with ribbon.

Personal life
Cocsanova was born in Chișinău, Moldova. She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age 6. Her idols are Russian gymnasts Alina Kabaeva, Margarita Mamun and Aleksandra Soldatova, and Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram. In 2022 she accomplished her dream of participating in a World Championships. In her free time, Cocsanova makes videos for her YouTube channel. She studies science at Vanier College in Montreal.