Sonja Vasić (née Petrović; Serbian Cyrillic: Соња Петровић Васић, born 18 February 1989) is a Serbian former professional women's basketball player. Standing at 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in), she played at the small forward position. She represented the Serbia women's national basketball team.[1]
Playing career
editBefore she came to the WNBA, she played for Crvena zvezda, UB-Barça, Tango Bourges Basket and Spartak Moscow Region.[citation needed]
National team career
editVasić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 and at EuroBasket 2021 where they won the gold medal, they also qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team where they won bronze medal.[2]
Career achievements and awards
edit- EuroLeague champion: 3 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2008–09, 2009–10; with USK Praha: 2014–15)
- FIBA Europe SuperCup Women winner: 2 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2009; with USK Praha: 2015)
- Czech League champion: 3 (with USK Praha: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
- French League champion: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)
- French Cup winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)
- Federation Tournament winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)
- Individual
- EuroBasket Most Valuable Player – 2021
- EuroBasket All-Tournament Team – 2015, 2019, 2021
- Serbian Player of the Year – 2016, 2019, 2021
- Europe Young Player of the Year Award – 2007
Personal life
editIn July 2019, Petrović married Miloš Vasić, a Serbian rower.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sonja Petrovic". wnba.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "KAKAV BRAK! Trofejni srpski sportisti izgovorili jedno drugom sudbonosno "Da!"". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
External links
edit- Sonja Petrovic at basketball-reference.com
- Sonja Vasic at eurobasket.com
- Sonja Petrovic at fiba.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 March 2017)
- Sonja Petrovic at fibaeurope.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 July 2015)
- Sonja Petrovic at Olympics.com
- Sonja Petrović-Vasić at Olympedia (archive)
- Sonja Vasić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)