To achieve decent results in any sport, you need to make a choice in a timely manner and pass testing. Alexandra Stolyar started playing basketball by accident. And unexpectedly for herself, she became interested.
Starting conditions
Family habits and traditions have a decisive influence on the nature and behavior of the younger generation. If the head of the family abuses alcohol, then it is likely that children will follow his example. When parents are involved in sports, the situation in the house is different. Alexandra Konstantinovna Stolyar plays basketball professionally. The athlete has as many gold and silver medals for victories in tournaments of world and European level. In the current chronological period, she is preparing to participate in the next Olympic Games.
The future 2017 world basketball champion was born on November 18, 1992 in a sports family. Parents at that time lived in Moscow. Father in his youth was professionally involved in athletics. After completing his sports career, he worked as the head of the department of physical education in one of the capital's universities. Mother is also an athlete, she held the position of assistant professor at the famous Institute of Physical Culture. Alexandra has a younger sister, Olga, who also chose basketball.
Achievements and rewards
From an early age, Alexandra showed versatile abilities. Parents did not limit their daughter's desires. She managed to study at the art school, and in music, and even attended classes in the wrestling section. After the fifth grade, the girl ended up in a summer basketball camp. And she liked this game from the first minutes spent on the site. Since that time, the whole lifestyle began to take into account training, training camps and competitions. The competition among the athletes was fierce. The career of a young basketball player developed gradually.
The first international success came in 2012. The youth team of Russia, which included Stolyar, won silver medals. Three years later, at the next Universiade, held in South Korea, the Russians took bronze. In 2017, at the World Cup in the French city of Nantes, the Russian team took first place. This was the first basketball championship in a 3x3 game. After the competition, the International Olympic Committee included this sport in the program of the Olympic Games 2020. Alexandra Stolyar and teammates decided to take part in these competitions.
