PANINA Irina

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

Irina Samsonycheva

Russian

COP Moscomsport [Moscow, RUS]

Alexander Ovsyannikov [national], RUS

2013 for Russia (ivgazeta.ru, 21 Jan 2014)

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

She began playing volleyball when she was in primary school, and switched to sitting volleyball after her illness. (ivgazeta.ru, 21 Jan 2014)

Her first encounter with volleyball took place when a coach came to her school to pick children for a volleyball team. She was a good volleyball player throughout school and, as the tallest on her team, she usually played in the centre. She got into sitting volleyball after meeting one of the national team coaches on the street. The coach told her about the sport and invited her to watch a training session. "Of course, once I tried playing, I couldn't stop. It's a very interesting game. Sport has given me a lot - an interesting, active life, the joy of victories, and good friends." (ivgazeta.ru, 21 Jan 2014)

Her teammates. (ivgazeta.ru, 21 Jan 2014)

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