Brana Vlasic

Branislava "Brana" Vlasic (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислава "Брана" Влашић) (born 5 November 1990 in Novi Knezevac, Vojvodina, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-American table tennis player.

Brana Vlasic
NationalitySerbian-American
ResidenceSan Diego, California
Born (1990-11-05) November 5, 1990
Novi Knezevac, Vojvodina, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Table tennis career
Playing styleHandshake
Highest ranking2417
Current ranking2248
ClubSDTTA

Early life

Brana started playing at age 6 in Serbia. At 13, she relocated to San Diego. From 2007, Brana was trained by the 1971 Table Tennis World Champion, Stellan Bengtsson.[1] Throughout her junior career, Brana was one of the highest ranked US players.[2]

Career

While pursuing her political science degree at the University of California, San Diego, she played for the University's table tennis team. The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association awarded her Female Athlete of 2013.[3][4]

Brana is a longtime member of the San Diego Table Tennis Club.[5] She has worked to promote awareness of table tennis in the US among children and adults.[6]

References
  1. "Stellan Bengtsson, former world champion of table tennis, followed his wife to San Diego | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com.
  2. "The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  3. "NCTTA Newsletter (May 2013)". www.nctta.org.
  4. "San Diego Table Tennis Association » Brana Vlašić at the College Table Tennis Championships". sdtta.org.
  5. http://www.nctta.org/champs/2013/releases/FriendsFromSerbiaReunite.htm
  6. "Channel 7 News Spot on Table Tennis" – via www.youtube.com.



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