Oksana Anatolyevna Zakalyuzhnaya (born December 18, 1977 , Arkhangelsk , RSFSR , USSR ) is a Russian basketball player who played the role of a center player. Silver medalist of the World Cup , numerous medalist of the Russian Championship , international master of sports .
| Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Completed her career | |
| Position | Center |
| Growth | 198 cm |
| Weight | 79 kg |
| Citizenship |  Russia |
| Date of Birth | December 18, 1977 (41 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Arkhangelsk , RSFSR |
Content
Biography
Oksana Zakalyuzhny pupil of the St. Petersburg College of Olympic Reserve No. 1 . The first professional club in her career was the local Volna , with which in 2000 she won the first medal of the Russian championship . After a successful season, the basketball player moves to another continent to play for the Detroit Shock WNBA club. In the first season, Oksana 23 times enters the court, with an average of 3.9 points per match, 2.0 rebounds. At the end of the overseas league, Zakalyuzhnaya signs a contract with the Turkish basketball grand Fenerbahçe , with whom he wins the local championship and becomes the owner of the national cup. The basketball player missed the 2001 season at WNBA due to injury, and in 2002, speaking for two teams, she played in only 8 games. During this period, the Executive Committee of the RBF three times in a row included Zakalyuzhnaya in the list of 25 best basketball players in Russia ( 1999/2000 [1] , 2000/2001 [2] , 2001/2002 [3] ). Moreover, according to the results of the 2001/02 season, she is the second center in Russia after Maria Kalmykova , behind Maria Stepanova and Elena Shakirova .
After two bronze seasons in Hungary, Zakalyuzhnaya returned to his homeland in 2004, where he played for Dynamo Moscow for half a season, and ended in Dynamo Energia, Novosibirsk . Then the basketball player goes to the Yekaterinburg UMMC , where in two years she won the silver and bronze medals of the Russian championship. And again she is included in the list of the best basketball players of Russia ( 2005/06 ) [4] . After Yekaterinburg, the basketball player plays for BC Moscow , where she stops at one step from winning the European Cup . In that Euro Tournament, Oksana becomes the leader of the block shots team (1.2 on average per match).
At 31, the athlete moved to Orenburg to play for the local "Hope" . Over the next three seasons, she is a three-time winner of the bronze medals of the Russian Championship , a finalist of the European Cup . In 2012, Oksana Zakalyuzhnaya ends her basketball career.
Russian team
May 22, 1995, in a match against the national team of Yugoslavia (8 points), the basketball player makes her debut for the national team . Despite the fact that Oksana was constantly involved in the qualifying rounds, she played for the national team in the final tournament once. In 2002, at the World Championships in China, Oksana won a silver medal, taking part in 5 games (3.2 points, 2.0 rebounds). After the world championship, the basketball player was no longer called to the national team.
Achievements
- Silver medalist at the World Cup : 2002 .
- Champion of Turkey : 2002
- Turkish silver medalist: 2001
- Silver medalist of the championship of Russia : 2006 .
- Bronze medalist of the championship of Russia : 2000 , 2007 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 .
- Hungarian Championship bronze medalist: 2003, 2004
- Turkish Cup Winner : 2001.
- Finalist of the FIBA European Cup : 2008 , 2010
Notes
- ↑ RBF determined the 50 best players of the season-99/2000 . Sport Express (November 16, 2000). Date of treatment March 23, 2014.
- ↑ Basketball. Lists of the 25 best 2000/2001 . Sport Express (October 31, 2001). Date of treatment March 23, 2014.
- ↑ Basketball. Lists of the 25 best 2001/2002 . Soviet sport . Date of treatment March 23, 2014.
- ↑ The magnificent "fifty dollars . Eurosport (December 27, 2006). Date of treatment March 16, 2014.
Links
- Statistics of Oksana Zakalyuzhny (English) . FIBA Europe . Date of treatment March 23, 2014.
- Statistics of Oksana Zakalyuzhny (English) (inaccessible link) . VNBA . Date of treatment March 23, 2014. Archived March 24, 2014.