Dynamo Kursk

Dynamo Kursk
Leagues	Russian Premier League EuroLeague Women
Founded	1994; 28 years ago (1994)
History	Svetlana Kursk (1994–1997) Dynamo Kursk (1997–present)
Arena	Kursk Technic State University
Location	Kursk, Russia
Team colors	White, Blue
President	Alexander Yager
Head coach	Lucas Mondelo
Championships	1 EuroLeague Women 1 EuroCup Women 4 Russian Cups
Website	kurskbasket.ru
Home Away

"Dynamo" Kursk's Basketball players, 2012.

WBC Dynamo Kursk (Russian: ЖБК «Динамо» Курск) is a Russian women's basketball club from Kursk playing in the Russian Premier League.^[1] They won their first FIBA Eurocup title in 2012.^[2] In the 2016–17 season, Kursk won the EuroLeague Women after going undefeated in the competition.

History[]

• 1994: WBC "Svetlana" Kursk was formed.
• 1997: renamed as Dynamo Kursk.
• 1999: started participating in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2008–09: first great achievement in European Arena – qualifying to Semi-final in FIBA Eurocup.
• 2009–10 and 2010–2011: took 4th place in the Russian Women's Super League.
• 2012: for the first time won the FIBA Eurocup.
• 2014–15: in their debut 2014–15 Euroleague won bronze.^[3]
• 2016–17: for the first time entered final of the 2016–17 Euroleague.

Titles[]

• FIBA Euroleague:
  • Winners: 2016–17
  • Runners-up: 2018–19
  • Third place: 2014–15, 2017–18
• FIBA Eurocup:
  • Winners: 2011–12
  • Runners-up: 2013–14
• Baltic Women's Basketball League:
  • Winners: 2016–17
• Russian Championships:
  • Runners-up: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
  • Third place: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Russian Cup:
  • Winners: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20
  • Runners-up: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Third place: 2013–14

Other achievements[]

• FIBA Euroleague: Quarterfinals (2015)
• FIBA Eurocup: Semi-Final (2009)
• Russian Women's Basketball Premier League: 4th place (2010, 2011)

Roster[]

Dynamo Kursk roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age PG 1 Xargay, Marta 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 31 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 PG 3 Zhedik, Natalia 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 33 – (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 SG 5 Petrović, Sonja 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 32 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 C 7 Vadeeva, Maria 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 PG 9 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 54 kg (119 lb) 25 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 SG 10 Prince, Epiphanny 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 33 – (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 F 11 Logunova, Anastasia 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 31 – (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 F 12 Vidmer, Tatiana 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 36 – (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 SG 13 Kirillova, Elena 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 70 kg (154 lb) 36 – (1986-01-27)27 January 1986 PG 15 Cruz, Anna 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 60 kg (132 lb) 35 – (1986-10-27)27 October 1986 C 24 Hollingsworth, Quanitra 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 F 30 Stewart, Breanna 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 27 – (1994-08-27)27 August 1994 PF 32 Howard, Natasha 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1991-09-02)2 September 1991	Head coach Lucas Mondelo Assistant coach(es) Physiotherapist(s) Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2019-03-11

Former notable players[]

• Anna Petrakova
• Gunta Baško
• Aušra Bimbaitė
• Temeka Johnson
• Michelle Snow

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website

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