Alexandra Shiryayeva

Alexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva (Russian: Александра Александровна Ширяева; born February 9, 1983) 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.

Alexandra Shiryayeva
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Alexandrovna Shiryayeva
BornFebruary 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) (age 37)
Leningrad, Russia
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)

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.”

Playing partners

gollark: This seems like a Contingency Gimel-9588 situation, yes.
gollark: https://discord.com/channels/547529950404542476/553993009323180034/722475095192371310Also, register → regiain, cluster → cluain, monster → monain, sister → siain, oyster → oyain, asterisk → aainrisk, and twister → twiain.
gollark: So how many brick and clay™ do you start with?
gollark: So now I can quo stuff?
gollark: I feel as if having people have to do this manually is inconvenient.

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