Anastasia Rybka

Anastasia Rybka (sometimes Anastasiia Rybka; Ukrainian: Анастасія Рибка[1]) is a Ukrainian-American table tennis player and coach.

Not to be confused with Nastya Rybka.

Rybka was born in the Ukraine[2] on March 25 [1] She hails from Kyiv.[3] Her father is Nikolay Rybka [3] She's 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 the Ukraine.[6]

She got 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's considered one of the Texas Wesleyan table tennis team's most famous alumni.[7]

References
  1. "Players Rybka Anastasiia (Ukraine)".
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Adam vs. Anastasiia. YouTube.
  3. "Anastasiia Rybka - Table Tennis".
  4. "Anastasiia Rybka Excels as Table Tennis Coach at Texas Wesleyan University | NCTTA".
  5. "Gilbert Table Tennis Center - Our Coaches".
  6. https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2017/March/10/Rybka-Lights-the-Way-for-Texas-Wesleyan-Rams-for-NCTTA-Nationals
  7. "Meet Texas Wesleyan University". 16 February 2019.


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