Katsiaryna Snytsina
 Snytsina in 2013 | |
| No. 6 – London Lions | |
|---|---|
| Position | Small forward |
| League | Turkish Super League EuroCup Women |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 September 1985 Oskemen, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| Nationality | Belarusian Kazakhstani |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 168 lb (76 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1999–present |
| Career history | |
| 1999–2002 | Horizont Minsk |
| 2002–2003 | Côte d'Opale Basket |
| 2003–2006 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 2006–2007 | Dynamo Novosibirsk |
| 2007–2009 | Arka Gdynia |
| 2009–2012 | Nadezhda Orenburg |
| 2012 | Horizont Minsk |
| 2012–2013 | Chevakata Vologda |
| 2013–2014 | Tarsus Belediyespor |
| 2014 | Basket Lattes |
| 2014–2015 | Diósgyőri VTK |
| 2015 | Canik Belediyespor |
| 2015–2019 | Hatay Büyükşehir Belediyespor |
| 2019–2020 | Beşiktaş |
| 2020–2022 | Nesibe Aydın |
| 2022–present | London Lions |
Medals | |
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Katsiaryna Andrejeŭna Snytsina (Belarusian: Кацярына Андрэеўна Сныціна; Russian: Екатерина Андреевна Снытина; born 2 September 1985) is a Kazakhstani-born Belarusian basketball player. She is 6ft 2in tall.[1] She was part of the Belarusian teams that won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships and placed sixth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Snytsina fled Belarus in 2020 and currently lives in exile as a dissident of the Alexander Lukashenko regime. In 2024, she starred as herself in the Belarus Free Theatre production KS6: Small Forward, which covers her life story, coming out as lesbian and becoming a dissident.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina - Forward". London Lions. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Yekaterina Snytina". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina". fibaeurope.com.
- ^ Stewart, Zachary. "Belarus Free Theater Returns to New York with Show About Gay Basketball Sta". Theatermania. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ https://theworld.org/stories/2024/09/25/belarusian-play-starring-olympic-basketball-player-sheds-light-on-life-under-a-repressive-regime
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