Anna Nazarov

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Anna Nazarov is an American ultimate player, best known for playing with UCLA Bruin Ladies Ultimate, San Francisco Fury, and multiple USA National Teams. Nazarov has many on-field strengths, but particularly notable are her throwing prowess and ability to generate blocks. [1] [2]

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She has also co-authored an academic paper on the epidemiology of injuries to college ultimate players. [3] [4]

Anna "Maddog" Nazarov
Personal information
National teamUnited States of America
Born (1984-11-20) November 20, 1984 (age 38)
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Alma mater University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Sport
University teamUniversity of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruin Ladies Ultimate (BLU)
Club
  • San Francisco Bay Area Fury (current)
  • San Francisco Blackbird
  • San Francisco Zeitgeist
  • San Francisco Skyline

Ultimate career

Nazarov played ultimate at the University of California at Los Angeles, joining the inaugural women's team in the fall of 2003, and going on to win the Callahan Award in 2007. [5] She helped lead Bruins Ladies Ultimate (BLU) to a finals appearance in the 2006 College Championships, where they fell to Stanford Superfly after defeating University of British Columbia in the quarterfinals and University of Colorado Boulder in the semifinals. [6]

Nazarov played with San Francisco Blackbird in 2011, winning her first club title that season. [7] In 2012, she joined San Francisco Fury, with whom she would win titles in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2021. [8] [9] [10] She captained Fury during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. [11] In the 2014 and 2016 seasons, she was named to Ultiworld's all-club women's first team. [2] [12]

Nazarov has played for multiple USA National Teams. She won gold on the 2013 World Games Team (as an alternate) in Cali, Colombia, gold on the 2015 WCBU Women's Team in Dubai, UAE, gold on the 2016 WUGC Women's Team in London, England, gold on the 2017 World Games team in Wroclaw, Poland, and gold on the 2022 World Games Team (as an alternate) in Birmingham, Alabama. [13] [14] [15] [16] She was also named to the 2020 USA women's national team, which was set to compete in the 2020 World Ultimate and Guts Championships in the Netherlands, but was ultimately cancelled due to Covid-19. [17] [18] [19]

She was the winner of the Kathy Pufahl Spirit Award in 2016. This award is given annually to a player "who has exhibited personal responsibility, integrity and selfless contribution to ultimate, combined with a high standard of playing ability." Nominees for this award are nominated by their club teams, and the winner is determined by a vote of teams playing at the National Championships. [20]

She has been coaching in the women's ultimate program at the University of California, Berkeley since 2015. [21]

Honors

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References

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  2. 1 2 comments, Keith Raynor in Analysis with 23 (2014-10-24). "Ultiworld's All-Club 2014: 1st Team (Women's)". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. ↑ Swedler, David I.; Nuwer, Jamie M.; Nazarov, Anna; Huo, Samantha C.; Malevanchik, Lev (2015-04-01). "Incidence and Descriptive Epidemiology of Injuries to College Ultimate Players". Journal of Athletic Training. 50 (4): 419–425. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.73. ISSN   1062-6050. PMC   4560001 . PMID   25384003.
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  6. ↑ "2006 College". www.usaultimate.org. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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  10. ↑ comments, Jeff Voss in Preview with 0 (2015-08-05). "At It Again: Fury 2015 Club Preview". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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  14. ↑ "2016 Women". National Team. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  15. ↑ "2017 Women". National Team. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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  17. ↑ News, Graham Gerhart in; comments, Recap with 0 (2020-02-13). "West Coast Players Make Their Case At USA National Team Tryouts". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-28.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  18. ↑ "USA Ultimate Names U.S. National Team for 2020 WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships". National Team. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  19. ↑ Eisenhood, Charlie (2021-01-14). "WUGC, U24 Worlds Cancelled; Beach Worlds Postponed to 2022". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  20. ↑ "Spirit Awards". Triple Crown Tour. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03.
  21. ↑ "home". Pie Queens: UC Berkeley Women's Ultimate. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  22. ↑ comments, Keith Raynor in Analysis with 5 (2015-10-12). "Ultiworld's All-Club 2015: Second Team (Women's)". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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