Alexandra_Vafina
Alexandra Vafina
Russian ice hockey player
Alexandra Aleksandrovna "Sasha" Vafina (Russian: Александра Александровна Вафина, also romanized Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Vafina; born 28 July 1990) is a Russian ice hockey forward and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.
| Alexandra Vafina Александра Вафина | |||
|---|---|---|---|
_Darcia_Leimgruber_(c)_Alexandra_Vafina_(r).jpg) Vafina (r) and teammate Svetlana Tkacheva (l) challenge Swiss forward Darcia Leimgruber (c) at the 2011 World Championship. | |||
| Born |
(1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 33) Almaty, Kazakh ASSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| ZhHL team Former teams |
Dinamo-Neva St. Petersburg | ||
| National team |
 Russia | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Vafina was selected for the Russia national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, scoring one goal and two points.[1][2]
Vafina has also represented Russia at ten IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2008. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3][4][5][6][7]
At the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, Vafina was part of Russia's gold medal winning team, handing Canada its first-ever loss in FISU women's ice hockey.[8]
She also competed in one IIHF Women's U18 World Championship with the Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team, the inaugural event in 2008.[9]
International career
- 2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian[10]
- IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 563. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
- "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2009 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2011 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2008 World Championship Under-18" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympedia
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympics.com
- Aleksandra Vafina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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