Anna Konstantinovna Shokhina (russian: Анна Константиновна Шохина; born 23 June 1997) is a Russian

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player and

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of the Tornado Dmitrov in the

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(ZhHL). She has been a member of the Russian national team since 2014. At age 17, Shokhina represented

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in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. She scored a goal against

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in a 6–3 victory and ended the competition with 1 goal and 3 assists. After the Russian team was banned from participation in the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

, Shokhina opted to join the Olympic Athletes from Russia team in order to play in the women's ice hockey tournament.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Russian women's ice hockey forwards Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Universiade medalists in ice hockey People from Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade HC Tornado players Ice hockey people from Moscow Oblast {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub