Vasilisa Stepanova
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| Nationality |  Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 26, 1993 Tver, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pair, four | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasilisa Andreyevna Stepanova (Russian: Василиса Андреевна Степанова, IPA: [vəsʲɪˈlʲisə sʲtʲɪˈpanəvə], née Kostygova; born 26 January 1993) is a Russian rower. She and Elena Oriabinskaia won silver in the coxless pair event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo.
Early life
Stepanova was born in
When she was 15 years old, her and her father once rowed together, with Stepanova rowing on a canoe and her father on a single sculls. After trying out her father's rowing boat, she enjoyed it as much as to win in the single sculls event on a junior tournament held in Moscow two or three weeks later. One year later she joined the Russian junior team, winning multiple national and international tournaments.[1]
On 26 July, Stepanova won the quadruple sculls event of the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships.[2] She won the double sculls event at the 2019 Coastal Rowing Championships in Hong Kong with Hanna Prakatsen.[3]
Personal life
In 2014 Stepanova married Rostov-on-Don-based rower Vasily Stepanov, switching to his name. She resides in Moscow.[4]