Kristi Yuryevna Shashkina (; born 9 January 2003) is an Estonian-Russian

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player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the

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(ZhHL) with Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.

Playing career

As a child, Shashkina played on boys' ice hockey teams of Kajakas Tartu sports club in her home city of

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, Estonia. At age 13, after being scouted at various tournaments abroad, she received and accepted an offer from the HC SKIF under-18 (U18) team in Nizhny Novgorod, a joint academic and athletic program for secondary school students. Two years later, Shashkina made her senior club debut with

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in the 2018–19 ZhHL season. She played two ZhHL seasons with SKIF before opting to play abroad with the ZHC Lions Frauen of the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) for the 2020–21 season. She returned to the ZhHL in the 2021–22 season, signing with the newly re-established Dinamo-Neva Saint Petersburg.

International play

As a

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player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the 2019 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship and won a bronze medal at the 2020 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship. Shashkina represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the

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Personal life

Shashkina’s elder brother, Denis Shashkin, represented in the men's ice hockey qualification tournament for the

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and at various international tournaments at the U18 and U20 levels.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shashkina, Kristi Living people 2003 births Sportspeople from Tartu Estonian ice hockey forwards Russian women's ice hockey forwards HC SKIF players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Estonian sportswomen Estonian expatriate ice hockey people Expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Expatriate ice hockey players in Turkey Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Russian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey