Abrosimova Svetlana - the first female champion of the NBA

Abrosimova Svetlana is an honored master of sports,bronze medalist of the Olympics, 7-time champion of Russia, 2-time European champion, winner of the Women's Euroleague and 5-time winner of the Cup of the country. She became the first female champion of the NBA from Russia.

Basketball School

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova was born inLeningrad in 1980. This city is famous for its strong basketball school, which gave the world great coaches and athletes. It was there that the girl was taken away by her mother Lyudmila Viktorovna. Trainers Kira and Vladimir Trzheskaly immediately told her that Svetlana has a talent, but to open it you need to get rid of excess weight. And my mother put such a task before her daughter. At that time there was no special literature, and Lyudmila Viktorovna had to gather information from various sources about the child's obtaining a sports uniform. Mama herself made up for her daughter a plan of daily training and diet, attended her every game and supported everything. As a result, Sveta got rid of extra pounds.

The first championship

Trzeskaly planned to create a team of worldlevel, which was at one time "Spartacus" of Gelchinsky. And Svetlana Abrosimova with her parameters (188/77) was supposed to become a striker. But everything turned out differently. In 1997, the city of Natalena (Brazil) hosted the junior world championship. The girl played for the national team, which took the fifth place in the end. The talented Svetlana was noticed by Chris Daley - the manager of the team "Husky" (Connecticut). She offered Abrosimova scholarship and a place in the team, if she can pass the entrance examination.

Change of command

It was very hard, but the girl coped and becameLearn economics and play for the Husky team, which Gino Aurimema coached. Many experts considered him to be the best trainer in the world. The National Student Sport Organization has established a minimum level of academic achievement for fellows. And if someone did not reach him, he could not play and learn. Abrosimova Svetlana always typed more than the set bar. Upon termination of the sportsman of university Gino Aurimema has told about it the following: "It is the surprising person! She knows how to do things that others do not even think about. I've never met such an industrious basketball player. "

In parallel, Svetlana Abrosimova, personal lifewhich is a secret, played for the Russian national team. In 1998, they won silver in Germany, and a year later bronze at the European Championships. Also the national team passed the qualifying stage for the Olympics-2000.

New victories

The New York Times and the United States of America publishedAbrosimova article. She was recognized as the "basketball player of the year". In 2000, Svetlana became the champion of the NCAA. The final game of the league gathered 24 thousand spectators. Then the girl got into the symbolic five of the tournament, and a year later she received an invitation to the White House to meet with the president.

Transfer to the NBA

In 2000, at the Olympic Games in Sydney, the Russian team,in the composition of which Abrosimova Svetlana played, managed to take the sixth place. In 2001, at the NBA women's draft, the girl was taken to the Minnesota Links club. In the following years, the athlete changed several teams, in which she did not achieve significant success.

Game for the national team and the new club

In 2006 Abrosimova was included in the Russian national team. And here is the result: the team took 2nd place at the World Championships in Brazil. And at the 2008 Olympics the national team won bronze.

In 2009 Svetlana entered the top fivethe European Championships, where our country took the 2nd place. For the athlete it was one of the most difficult competitions. She was on the court all the time, and the number of her gear, rebounds and abandoned balls is simply amazing.

In 2010, Abrosimova joined the Seattle club. In its composition she became the first Russian champion of the women's NBA.

Completion of career

The first place in the European Championships in 2011 allowed the Russian team to "select" for the 2012 Olympics in London. But Svetlana was not included in the national team, and the team went to Europe without her.

After the Olympics, the girl signed a contract with Dynamo (Moscow), which included winning the Russian championship, as well as Russian and European cups. This was the brilliant conclusion of her career.

At the end of 2012, the head coach suggestedathlete to return to the team. This is what Svetlana Abrosimova said in her Twitter: “Basketball has always been and will remain part of my life, but I decided not to return. It was a great honor for me to play for Russia. I want to thank everyone who has been with me for 14 years. I wish the national team success! ”