| Native name | Анастасія Рибка |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Ukraine |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Born | March 25, 1993 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| College | Texas Wesleyan University |
Anastasia Rybka (sometimes Anastasiia Rybka; Ukrainian: Анастасія Рибка[1]) is a Ukrainian-American table tennis player and coach.
Rybka was born in Ukraine[2] on March 25, 1993.[1] She is from Kyiv.[3] Her father is Nikolay Rybka.[3] She is left-handed.[4]
She began playing table tennis at the age of nine years.[5] She eventually reached the number-one spot in her age category in Ukraine.[5] At age eighteen, she won a Ukrainian national gold medal in each possible juniors category (singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and teams), in the same tournament.[5][2] She also coached in Ukraine.[6]
She received a table-tennis scholarship[2] to Texas Wesleyan University to study toward a master's degree in education.[3] She both played[5] and coached[6][4] there. She later moved to Los Angeles to work as a coach.[5][2]
She is considered one of the Texas Wesleyan table tennis team's best-known alumni.[7]
