Native name | Анастасія Рибка |
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Country (sports) | Ukraine |
Residence | Los Angeles |
Born | Kyiv, Ukraine | March 25, 1993
College | Texas Wesleyan University |
Anastasia Rybka (sometimes Anastasiia Rybka; Ukrainian: Анастасія Рибка [1]) is a Ukrainian-American table tennis player and coach.
Rybka was born in Ukraine [2] on March 25, 1993. [1] She is from Kyiv. [3] Her father is Nikolay Rybka. [3] She is left-handed. [4]
She began playing table tennis at the age of nine years. [5] She eventually reached the number-one spot in her age category in Ukraine. [5] At age eighteen, she won a Ukrainian national gold medal in each possible juniors category (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and teams), in the same tournament. [5] [2] She also coached in Ukraine. [6]
She received a table-tennis scholarship [2] to Texas Wesleyan University to study toward a master's degree in education. [3] She both played [5] and coached [6] [4] there. She later moved to Los Angeles to work as a coach. [5] [2]
She is considered one of the Texas Wesleyan table tennis team's best-known alumni. [7]
Native name | Анастасія Рибка |
---|---|
Country (sports) | Ukraine |
Residence | Los Angeles |
Born | Kyiv, Ukraine | March 25, 1993
College | Texas Wesleyan University |
Anastasia Rybka (sometimes Anastasiia Rybka; Ukrainian: Анастасія Рибка [1]) is a Ukrainian-American table tennis player and coach.
Rybka was born in Ukraine [2] on March 25, 1993. [1] She is from Kyiv. [3] Her father is Nikolay Rybka. [3] She is left-handed. [4]
She began playing table tennis at the age of nine years. [5] She eventually reached the number-one spot in her age category in Ukraine. [5] At age eighteen, she won a Ukrainian national gold medal in each possible juniors category (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and teams), in the same tournament. [5] [2] She also coached in Ukraine. [6]
She received a table-tennis scholarship [2] to Texas Wesleyan University to study toward a master's degree in education. [3] She both played [5] and coached [6] [4] there. She later moved to Los Angeles to work as a coach. [5] [2]
She is considered one of the Texas Wesleyan table tennis team's best-known alumni. [7]