Name Alexandra Shiryayeva Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.88 m Weight 75 kg | |
Full name Alexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva Olympic medals Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament Similar People Nicole Branagh, Tamsin Hinchley, Larissa Franca, Elaine Youngs, Renata Ribeiro | ||
Alexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva (Russian: Александра Александровна Ширяева; born February 9, 1983 in Leningrad) is a 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 165 lb (75 kg), female beach volleyball player from Russia. She claimed the gold medal at the 2006 European Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, partnering with Natalya Uryadova.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she and her partner Natalya Uryadova were defeated in an historical game against Georgia while war was raging between the two countries. In an AP article by Jimmy Golan published on August 13, 2008, Alexandra Shiryayeva showed courage and grace in defeat by declaring “We just want to end the conflict, all the history between us was friendly.”
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