Anna "Anya" Viktorovna Petrakova-Parker(, born 4 December 1984) is a Russian former

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player. She was part of the Russia women's national basketball team that placed fourth at the

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. She won the 2011–12 EuroCup Women with Dynamo Kursk and the 2012–13 EuroLeague Women and the 2013 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women with

UMMC Ekaterinburg BC Ekaterinburg () is a Russian professional women's basketball team based in Yekaterinburg competing in the Russian Premier League, and until February 2022 in FIBA Europe's EuroLeague Women. Founded in 1938 as Zenit Sverdlovsk, the club had its ...

College career

Petrakova played college basketball for

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from 2001 to 2005. She was named to the First-team All-Sun Belt Conference team in 2004 and 2005, and was named the

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Player of the Year in 2004 after leading the conference in scoring, rebounds and blocked shots. In 2005, she was named to the

All-tournament team. In 2018, Petrakova was selected to the Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Following her graduation from Louisiana, Petrakova joined Nur in Kazan, Russia. She later played for several teams, including Spartak, CSKA Moscow, Chevakata, Dynamo Kursk, and UMMC Ekaterinburg. In 2015, she was named the Russian Premier League Player of the Year. She retired following the 2016–2017 season.

Personal life

Petrakova married WNBA player

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in 2019. Their son, Airr Larry Petrakov Parker, was born in February 2022. Petrakova gave birth to a second son, Hartt Summitt Petrakov Parker, in May 2024.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrakova, Anna 1984 births Living people Russian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Russia Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Budapest LGBTQ basketball players Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball players 21st-century Russian sportswomen