Anastasiya Ovsyannikova
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Born | Sterlitamak, Russia | 20 October 1988
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Country | Russia |
Sport | Athletics |
Disability class | T37 |
Event | sprint |
Coached by | Tatiana Shchepetilnikova |
Anastasiya Anatolyevna Ovsyannikova (Russian: Анастаси́я Анатольевна Овся́нникова; born 20 October 1988) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category T36 sprint events.[1]
Athletics career
[edit]Ovsyannikova competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where she won a gold medal as part of the women's T35–38 100m sprint relay. As well as her Paralympic success Ovsyannikova won two medals at the 2011 World Championships in Christchurch. A silver as part of the Russian relay team and an individual bronze in the 400 metres.[2] She took time away from athletics after the birth of her son in 2013, and has not appeared at a major international competition since.[2]
Personal history
[edit]Ovsyannikova was born in Sterlitamak in the former Soviet Union in 1988. Ovsyannikova was educated at Bashkir Institute of Physical Culture. She is married and gave birth to a son in 2013.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "2011 IPC Athletics World Championships: Results Book" (pdf). paralympic.org. p. 122/133. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ovsyannikova, Anastasiya". IPC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- Paralympic athletes for Russia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Russia
- Living people
- 1988 births
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Russian female sprinters
- People from Sterlitamak
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Bashkortostan
- 21st-century Russian women