Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Vafina ( July 28, 1990 , Alma-Ata , USSR ) - Russian hockey player , striker and captain of the Fakel team and the Russian national team .
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| Full name | Alexandra Alexandrovna Vafina | |||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||
| Growth | 165 cm | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | |||||||||||||||
| Grab | left | |||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Russia | |||||||||||||||
| Born | July 28, 1990 (aged 29) | |||||||||||||||
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Career
She began to learn the basics of hockey skills in Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1998, where she moved from Almaty, under the guidance of coach A. Belousov. and my mom. From 2005 to 2011 she played for the Fakel team, in the 2010/11 season she became the bronze medalist of the Russian championship. From 2011 to 2013, she played in the student league in the USA in the team of the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she simultaneously studied. In 2013, she returned to Russia and the 2013-2014 season. played for the "Torch". Since 2014, she has been playing in the Calgary Dinos club in Canada. In the season 2015-2016 became a member of the 1st five of the All Stars of the women's Canadian hockey league CanadaWest, and became the league's second scorer at the end of the season (Calgary Dinos).
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Alexandra as part of the Russian national team held 5 matches in which she was marked with one puck. Also a participant in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics (1 puck).
Member of the Junior World Cup 2008 . Since that year he regularly performs at world championships .
Bronze medalist of the World Championships 2013, 2016, champion of the World Winter Universiade 2015 and 2017
Winner of the 1st Winter Youth Spartakiad of Russia (Prize "Best Player") 2008
Represents the Chelyabinsk region and the city of Chelyabinsk.
Personal trainer Belousov A.L. (since 1998).
Education
She graduated from the Ural State University of Physical Education , from 2011 to 2013 she studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth [1] .
Student of the social faculty of the University of Calgary (Canada, Calgary Dinos).
Family
Alexandra’s mother, Lyubov, is also a hockey player and has played with her daughter for Fakel since 2005. Lyubov Vafina participated in the 2002 Olympic Games as part of the national team of Kazakhstan .
Notes
- ↑ Wafina: everyone asks if I love vodka . Championship.com. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
Links
- Alexandra Vafina - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Profile on the website of the Russian Hockey Federation . FHR. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- Profile on Komanda2014.com website (Russian)