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Anna Nazarov is an 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.

Anna "Maddog" Nazarov
Personal information
Born11/20/1984
Arkhangelsk, Russia
Alma materUniversity 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[1]. She helped lead Bruins Ladies Ultimate (BLU) to a finals appearance in the 2006 College Championships, where they would fall to Stanford Superfly after defeating University of British Columbia in the quarterfinals and University of Colorado Boulder in the semifinals[2].

Nazarov played with San Francisco Blackbird in 2011, winning a club title that season[3]. In 2012, she joined San Francisco Fury, with whom she would win titles in 2012, 2017, and 2018[4]. She captained Fury during the 2017 season[5].

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, and gold on the 2017 World Games team in Wroclaw, Poland[6][7][8].

Honors

  • Callahan Award Winner 2007
  • USAU National Champion 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018
  • World Games 1st Place 2013, 2017
  • WUGC 1st Place 2016
  • WCBU 1st Place 2015
  • Ultiworld All-Club Women's Team: 1st Team 2016[9], 2nd Team 2015[10]

References

  1. ^ "Past Callahan Winners". Callahan. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. ^ "2006 College". www.usaultimate.org. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. ^ "Anna Nazarov". National Team. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. ^ "Home". FURY Women's Ultimate. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. ^ "2017". FURY Women's Ultimate. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  6. ^ "History". National Team. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  7. ^ "2016 Women". National Team. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  8. ^ "2017 Women". National Team. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. ^ Raynor, Keith; Analysis, Daniel Prentice in; comments, Opinion with 0 (2016-10-18). "Ultiworld's All-Club 2016: 1st Team (Women's), Presented By BE Ultimate". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ comments, Keith Raynor in Analysis with 5 (2015-10-12). "Ultiworld's All-Club 2015: Second Team (Women's)". Ultiworld. Retrieved 2020-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)