Jasna Fazlić
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Full name | Jasna Fazlić Rather | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Yugoslavia United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1970-12-20) 20 December 1970 (age 53) Foča, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing style | Offensive power looper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jasna Rather (born Jasna Fazlić, December 20, 1970 in Foča, SFR Yugoslavia) is former American table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics respectively.[1]
Olympics participation
In 1988 she won the bronze medal for Yugoslavia in the women's doubles together with Gordana Perkučin. Four years later she competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. In 2000 and 2004 she participated for the United States.
Personal life
Jasna lived in Zagreb for the most of her childhood and youth. From 1992 to 1997 she was married to Ilija Lupulesku. After separating from Lupulesku in 1996, she played in Japan for a short while, then moved to the United States. After her divorce she legally changed her name to Reed. Jasna got married on August 20, 2009 to William H. Rather IV, and changed her last name to Rather. Jasna and William have one daughter, Izabel Rather, who was born on December 18, 2011.
Coaching
As of 2006, she is the Head Table Tennis Coach at Texas Wesleyan University. Since the inception of the table tennis program at Texas Wesleyan University, the team has brought back to Texas 69 collegiate national titles in team, singles and doubles events.
Table Tennis Career
- 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004 Olympian
- 1988 Bronze Olympic Medal (Seoul Korea)
- 1988 and 1992 European Champion
- 2003 and 2005 US women's singles champion
- Inducted into the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame December 2011
References
- ^ "Reed, Ping advance as U.S. women's pair". ESPN. 14 July 2004. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
External links
- Jasna Rather - Table Tennis Coach - Texas Wesleyan University Athletics
- Jasna REED-LUPULESKU-FAZLIC at ITTF.com
- Jasna Fazlic at databaseOlympics.com
- Fort Worth Weekly article on Reed and Texas Wesleyan table tennis
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- 1958: Angelica Rozeanu & Ella Zeller (ROU)
- 1960: Maria Alexandru & Angelica Rozeanu (ROU)
- 1962: Diane Rowe & Mary Shannon (ENG)
- 1964: Diane Rowe & Mary Shannon (ENG)
- 1966: Erzsebet Jurik & Éva Kóczián (HUN)
- 1968: Jitka Karlíková & Marta Lužová (TCH)
- 1970: Svetlana Grinberg & Zoja Rudnova (URS)
- 1972: Judit Magos-Havas & Henriette Lotaller (HUN)
- 1974: Judit Magos-Havas & Henriette Lotaller (HUN)
- 1976: Jill Hammersley & Linda Howard (ENG)
- 1978: Maria Alexandru & Liana Mihut (ROU)
- 1980: Narine Antonjan & Valentina Popova (URS)
- 1982: Fliura Bulatova & Inna Kovalenko (URS)
- 1984: Narine Antonjan & Valentina Popova (URS)
- 1986: Fliura Bulatova & Elena Kovtun (URS)
- 1988: Csilla Bátorfi & Edit Urban (HUN)
- 1990: Csilla Bátorfi & Gabriella Wirth (HUN)
- 1992: Jasna Fazlić & Gordana Perkučin (YUG)
- 1994: Csilla Bátorfi & Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
- 1996: Elke Schall & Nicole Struse (GER)
- 1998: Elke Schall & Nicole Struse (GER)
- 2000: Csilla Bátorfi & Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
- 2002: Tamara Boroš (CRO) & Mihaela Steff (ROU)
- 2003: Tamara Boroš (CRO) & Mihaela Steff (ROU)
- 2005: Tamara Boroš (CRO) & Mihaela Steff (ROU)
- 2007: Svetlana Ganina (RUS) & Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR)
- 2008: Georgina Póta & Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
- 2009: Daniela Dodean & Elizabeta Samara (ROU)
- 2010: Oksana Fadeyeva (RUS) & Rūta Paškauskienė (LTU)
- 2011: Oksana Fadeyeva (RUS) & Rūta Paškauskienė (LTU)
- 2012: Daniela Dodean & Elizabeta Samara (ROU)
- 2013: Petrissa Solja & Sabine Winter (GER)
- 2015: Melek Hu (TUR) & Shen Yanfei (ESP)
- 2016: Kristin Silbereisen & Sabine Winter (GER)
- 2018: Kristin Lang & Nina Mittelham (GER)
- 2020: Shan Xiaona & Petrissa Solja (GER)
- 2022: Sofia Polcanova (AUT) & Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)