Anna Fairman

Anna Fairman (born October 13, 2000), also known by the Chinese name Fei Anna (Chinese: 费 安娜; pinyin: Fèi Ānnà), is an American ice hockey defenceman, currently playing with the LIU Sharks women's ice hockey program in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Fei (費).
Anna Fairman
Born (2000-10-13) October 13, 2000
Troy, Michigan, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
NCAA team
Former teams		 LIU Sharks
KRS Vanke Rays
Robert Morris Colonials
National team  China
Playing career 2019–present
Fei Anna
Traditional Chinese費安娜
Simplified Chinese费安娜

As a member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team, she competed in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1]

Playing career

Fairman was a three-time state champion in Michigan and won two silver medals while competing in the under-19 US nationals in 2018 and 2019. She began her college ice hockey career with the Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program of Robert Morris University in 2019.[2]

She started playing professional ice hockey in 2021, joining KRS Vanke Rays. She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[3] She went viral on TikTok during the Olympic games for posting videos documenting her time in the Olympic village.[4]

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, she transferred to Long Island University and joined the LIU Sharks women's ice hockey program.

References
  1. "Anna FEI Ice Hockey - Beijing 2022 Olympics". results.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. "Anna Fairman - Women's Ice Hockey". Robert Morris University Athletics.
  3. Deemer, Michael (January 27, 2022). "#FormerColonialWatch: Anna Fairman selected to Chinese national hockey team | Colonial Sports Network".
  4. Singh, Simran (February 6, 2022). "Olympic athletes are jumping on TikTok trends to provide tours of their rooms at Beijing 2022" – via Toronto Star.
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