Alexandra Aleksandrovna Raeva (née Saitova) (Russian: Алекса́ндра Алекса́ндровна Ра́ева (Саи́това); born in Moscow, Russia, on 20 August 1992) is a member of the Russian national women's curling team that will compete in Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.[1] She previously competed for the Russian junior national team, which won gold at the 2013 Winter Universiade. Raeva most recently won a silver medal at the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship in Beijing, China, following an 8–3 loss to Team Canada skipped by Rachel Homan.
| Alexandra Raeva Алекса́ндра Ра́ева | |
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| Born | Alexandra Saitova 20 August 1992 |
| Team | |
| Curling club | Moskvitch CC, Moscow, RUS |
Curling career  | |
| World Championship appearances | 4 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| European Championship appearances | 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) |
| Olympic appearances | 1 (2014) |
Personal life
editRaeva is married.[2] She attended State Academic University for the Humanities.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Sochi 2014 site". M.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ "Issue 7" (PDF). curling.ca. 2016-03-25.
- ^ Video (full game): 2013 Winter Universiade – Gold medal game – Russia (Anna Sidorova) vs South Korea (Kim Ji-sun) on YouTube
External links
edit- Alexandra Raeva at World Curling
- Alexandra Raeva at Olympics.com
- Alexandra Raeva at Olympedia
- Official website of Team Sidorova
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