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Katsiaryna Snytsina

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Katsiaryna Snytsina
Snytsina in 2013
No. 6 – London Lions
PositionSmall forward
LeagueTurkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1985-09-02) 2 September 1985 (age 39)
Oskemen, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan)
NationalityBelarusian
Kazakhstani
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
Playing career1999–present
Career history
1999–2002Horizont Minsk
2002–2003Côte d'Opale Basket
2003–2006Dynamo Moscow
2006–2007Dynamo Novosibirsk
2007–2009Arka Gdynia
2009–2012Nadezhda Orenburg
2012Horizont Minsk
2012–2013Chevakata Vologda
2013–2014Tarsus Belediyespor
2014Basket Lattes
2014–2015Diósgyőri VTK
2015Canik Belediyespor
2015–2019Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor
2019–2020Beşiktaş
2020–2022Nesibe Aydın
2022–presentLondon Lions
Medals
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Italy

Katsiaryna Andrejeŭna Snytsina (Belarusian: Кацярына Андрэеўна Сныціна; Russian: Екатерина Андреевна Снытина; born 2 September 1985) is a Kazakhstani-born Belarusian basketball player. She is 6ft 2in tall.[1] She was part of the Belarusian teams that won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships and placed sixth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Snytsina fled Belarus in 2020 and currently lives in exile as a dissident of the Alexander Lukashenko regime. In 2024, she starred as herself in the Belarus Free Theatre production KS6: Small Forward, which covers her life story.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina - Forward". London Lions. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Yekaterina Snytina". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina". fibaeurope.com.
  4. ^ Stewart, Zachary. "Belarus Free Theater Returns to New York with Show About Gay Basketball Sta". Theatermania. Retrieved 9 October 2024.