Anastasija Kravčenoka Explained

Anastasija Samoilova
Birth Date:January 19, 1997
Birth Place:Daugavpils, Latvia

Anastasija Samoilova (née Kravčenoka) (born 19 January 1997 Daugavpils, Latvia) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. She represents Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020. Kravčenoka and partner Tīna Graudiņa are the first Latvian women’s pair to qualify for the Olympics.[1]

She participated in the 2013 European U18 Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tīna Graudiņa, the 2015 European U20 Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tereze Hrapane, the 2016 European U20 Beach Volleyball Championship, and the 2016 European U22 Beach Volleyball Championships, with Tīna Graudiņa, winning a gold medal.

Later she participated in the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, as well as in the 2019 European Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tīna Graudiņa, winning a gold medal.[2] [3] Kravčenoka married beach volleyball player Mihails Samoilovs, the younger brother of Aleksandrs Samoilovs, on September 2, 2022, and has been known as Samoilova since then.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tina Graudina - Women's Beach Volleyball. 2021-07-27. USC Athletics. en.
  2. Web site: FIVB - Beach Volleyball. 2021-07-07. www.fivb.org.
  3. Web site: Anastasija Kravcenoka. 2021-07-07. www.bvbinfo.com.
  4. Web site: Foto: Kā precējās Eiropas čempione Anastasija Kravčenoka! . 2022-10-28 . www.santa.lv.