Shevchenko Anna Vitalievna is a famous Kazakhstani skier. Participant of the 2017 Universiade in Alma-Ata, winner of a gold medal.
Biography
The future athlete was born in August 1993 on the fourth. From an early age, the girl was very active and loved to play sports. Parents for a long time could not decide on the choice of the sports section. When Anya was in middle school, they started skiing in physical education, and the choice was in the ski section. At the age of ten, she began to engage in this sport on a serious level.
The girl very quickly got used to it and began to progress from year to year. At the junior level, she quickly achieved high results and was subsequently accepted into the national team of Kazakhstan. She took part in the world championships three times.
Professional career
In 2013, under the strict guidance of her mentor Alexander Kursakov, Anya Shevchenko passed all the necessary standards and received the title of Master of Sports. In the same year, she made her senior debut in the Ski World Cup. She also took part in competitions that were held in Belarus, won a bronze medal there.
2014 brought the athlete a whole scattering of various awards. At the national championship of Kazakhstan in the 5 km pursuit, the girl won a gold medal. In the mass start, she finished third and won bronze. At the international FIS stage, held in Kontiolahti, Shevchenko won the five-kilometer race in classic style and added another gold to her piggy bank.
Real success came to the talented athlete in 2017. At the home Universiade, which was held in Almaty, Anna won five different awards at once. Three of them are bronze in the 15 km race, the 5 km classic and the 5 km pursuit. In the 3x5 km relay, Shevchenko won a silver medal. And a real triumph awaited the skier in the mixed team relay, where the national team of Kazakhstan took the gold medal.
In addition to sports awards, the triumphant performance at home competitions brought the girl her own apartment. Impressed by the success of the athletes, officials decided to encourage the skiers. And the governor of Pavlodar region, where Anna comes from, handed the girl the keys to the apartment for her contribution to the victory.
Personal life and education
Anna graduated from the Innovative University of Eurasia in 2016. In the same year, she entered the magistracy at the National Sports Academy of Kazakhstan.
Almost nothing is known about the personal life of the famous Kazakh athlete. She devoted herself entirely to her sports career. Anna avoids cameras and does not give any interviews.
