Anastasija Kravčenoka

Anastasija Samoilova (née Kravčenoka) (born 19 January 1997 Daugavpils, Latvia) is a Latvian beach volleyball player. She represents Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020. Kravčenoka and partner Tīna Graudiņa are the first Latvian women’s pair to qualify for the Olympics.[1]

Anastasija Samoilova
Kravčenoka in 2019
Personal information
Born (1997-01-19) January 19, 1997 (age 27)
Daugavpils, Latvia
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  Latvia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Moscow Beach
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Beach

She participated in the 2013 European U18 Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tīna Graudiņa, the 2015 European U20 Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tereze Hrapane, the 2016 European U20 Beach Volleyball Championship, and the 2016 European U22 Beach Volleyball Championships, with Tīna Graudiņa, winning a gold medal.

Later she participated in the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, as well as in the 2019 European Beach Volleyball Championship, with Tīna Graudiņa, winning a gold medal.[2][3] Kravčenoka married beach volleyball player Mihails Samoilovs, the younger brother of Aleksandrs Samoilovs, on September 2, 2022, and has been known as Samoilova since then.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Tina Graudina - Women's Beach Volleyball". USC Athletics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ "Anastasija Kravcenoka". www.bvbinfo.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ "Foto: Kā precējās Eiropas čempione Anastasija Kravčenoka!". www.santa.lv. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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