IVANOVA Tatiana

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
1	Women	2018	Netherlands
3	Women	2014	Elblag, POL
European Championships
1	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
1	Women	2017	Porec, CRO

Economics - Russian State Social University, Moscow, RUS

Husband Peter Bashkatov, daughter Taisiya

Russian

COP Moscomsport [Moscow, RUS]

Alexander Ovsyannikov [national], RUS

Setter (eurosittingvolley.com, 20 Jul 2019)

Russian Championship [RUS] (minsport.gov.ru, 30 Dec 2019)

She began playing volleyball at age 12, but had to stop at age 15 because of her leg amputation. She became interested in the sport again while she was at university and she took up sitting volleyball in 1996. "[It] was a time of great change for me - independent life outside of home, new people, and the opportunity to take part in sport. I found out that I could return to my beloved volleyball." (Sitting Volleyball VK profile, 09 Jun 2014; paralympic.org, 06 Dec 2013; sever-tv.ru, 04 Aug 2008)

Her first volleyball coach passed on the love of the sport to her. (Sitting Volleyball VK profile, 09 Jun 2014)

"I love this sport. The more time passes, the more it seems to me to be like chess. You need to watch the way the opponent plays, solve his game combinations, oppose him and sometimes impose your own decisions. This is not just a game of strength, reaction, endurance, but also a mind game." (Sitting Volleyball VK profile, 09 Jun 2014)

She received the Best Setter award at the 2019 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (eurosittingvolley.com, 20 Jul 2019)

In 2018 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (paralymp.ru, 19 Oct 2018)

She was named Best Server at the 2014 World Championships in Elblag, Poland. (paravolley.pl, 03 Jul 2014)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] and Best Setter at the 2013 European Championships in Elblag, Poland. (paralympic.org, 23 Sep 2013)