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Anastasia Vasina

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Anastasia Vasina
Vasina at the Paf Open 2012
Personal information
Native nameАнастасия Васина
Birth nameAnastasia Gennadyevna Vasina
NationalityRussian
Born (1987-12-18) 18 December 1987 (age 36)
Serpukhov, Russian Federation
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Sport
Country Russia
SportBeach volleyball

Anastasia Gennadyevna Vasina (Russian: Анастасия Геннадьевна Васина; born 18 December 1987)[2] is a Russian beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she plays with Anna Vozakova. They competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. They are the first representatives of Russia in beach volleyball competing in the Olympics. In the first round of the games, the Russians pulled an upset against the match favorites Xue Chen and Zhang Xi from China[3][4] and qualified to the next round as first in their group but were eliminated by the Austrian team in the round of 16. Vasina currently plays with Alexandra Moiseeva.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Anastasia Vasina". Bvbinfo.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  2. ^ "Anastasia Vasina". London2012.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "Russia shock China in Olympic beach volleyball opener". Reuters. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ^ Jon Ackerman (28 Jul 2012). "Russian women upset China to open Olympics". NBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Player's Database". IFVB. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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