Anastasia Rybka

Anastasia Rybka (sometimes Anastasiia Rybka; Ukrainian: Анастасія Рибка[1]) is a Ukrainian-American table tennis player and coach.

Not to be confused with Nastya Rybka.
Anastasia Rybka
Native nameАнастасія Рибка
Country (sports)Ukraine
ResidenceLos Angeles
Born (1993-03-25) March 25, 1993
Kyiv, Ukraine
CollegeTexas Wesleyan University

Rybka was born in Ukraine[2] on March 25, 1993.[1] She is from Kyiv.[3] Her father is Nikolay Rybka.[3] She is left-handed.[4]

She began playing table tennis at the age of nine years.[5] She eventually reached the number-one spot in her age category in Ukraine.[5] At age eighteen, she won a Ukrainian national gold medal in each possible juniors category (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and teams), in the same tournament.[5][2] She also coached in the Ukraine.[6]

She received a table-tennis scholarship[2] to Texas Wesleyan University to study toward a master's degree in education.[3] She both played[5] and coached[6][4] there. She later moved to Los Angeles to work as a coach.[5][2]

She is considered one of the Texas Wesleyan table tennis team's best-known alumni.[7]

References
  1. "Players Rybka Anastasiia (Ukraine)".
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Adam vs. Anastasiia. YouTube.
  3. "Anastasiia Rybka - Table Tennis". Texas Wesleyan University Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. "Anastasiia Rybka Excels as Table Tennis Coach at Texas Wesleyan University | NCTTA".
  5. "Gilbert Table Tennis Center - Our Coaches".
  6. Rybka Lights the Way for Texas Wesleyan Rams for NCTTA Nationalsteamusa.org
  7. "Meet Texas Wesleyan University". 16 February 2019.


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