Anastasia Vasina Explained

Anastasia Vasina
Birth Name:Anastasia Gennadyevna Vasina
Native Name:Анастасия Васина
Native Name Lang:Russian
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:18 December 1987
Birth Place:Serpukhov, Russian Federation
Height:6 ft 2 in[1]
Sport:Beach 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anastasia Vasina . Bvbinfo.com . July 28, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120923050416/http://bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=8216 . September 23, 2012 .
  2. Web site: Anastasia Vasina. London2012.com. July 25, 2012. July 24, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120724100141/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/vasina-anastasia-1010315/. dead.
  3. Web site: Russia shock China in Olympic beach volleyball opener. Reuters. 28 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Russian women upset China to open Olympics. NBC. 28 July 2012. Jon Ackerman. 28 Jul 2012. 28 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120728175440/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/blog=olympic-talk/post/russian-women-upset-china-to-open-olympics.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Player's Database. IFVB. 8 January 2016.