Katsiaryna Andrejeŭna Snytsina (Belarusian: Кацярына Андрэеўна Сныціна; Russian: Екатерина Андреевна Снытина; born 2 September 1985) is a Kazakhstani-born Belarusian basketball player. She is 6ft 2in tall.[1] She was part of the Belarusian teams that won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Championships and placed sixth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Snytsina fled Belarus in 2020 and currently lives in exile as a dissident of the Alexander Lukashenko regime. In 2024, she starred as herself in the Belarus Free Theatre production KS6: Small Forward, which covers her life story.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina - Forward". London Lions. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Yekaterina Snytina". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Katsiaryna Snytsina". fibaeurope.com.
  4. ^ Stewart, Zachary. "Belarus Free Theater Returns to New York with Show About Gay Basketball Sta". Theatermania. Retrieved 9 October 2024.


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