Anastasia Vasina
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]
 Vasina at the Paf Open 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Анастасия Васина |
| Birth name | Anastasia Gennadyevna Vasina |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 18 December 1987 Serpukhov, Russian Federation |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Sport | Beach volleyball |
References
- "Anastasia Vasina". Bvbinfo.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- "Anastasia Vasina". London2012.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- "Russia shock China in Olympic beach volleyball opener". Reuters. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- 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.
- "Player's Database". IFVB. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
External links
- Anastasia Vasina at the FIVB beach volleyball database
- Anastasia Vasina at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Anastasia Vasina at the International Olympic Committee
- Anastasia Vasina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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