Alesia Zaitsava
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| Alesia Zaitsava | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | Aleska |
| Birth name | Alesia Mikhaylovna Zaitsava |
| Country | Belarus |
| Born | 14 August 1985 Brest, Belarus |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Coach | Viktar Konakh |
| Women's singles & doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 72 (WS 14 March 2013) 78 (WD 2 November 2017) 58 (XD 24 March 2011) |
| BWF profile | |
Alesia Mikhaylovna Zaitsava (Belarusian: Алеся Міхайлаўна Зайцава, Russian: Алеся Михайловна Зайцева; born 14 August 1985) is a Belarusian badminton player.[1] She competed for Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, but did not advance to the knock-out stage after being defeated by Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria and Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia in the group stage.[2][3] She started playing badminton in 1993, and became part of the Belarusian national badminton team in 1996.[1]
