Anna Fairman
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 2000)}}
{{family name hatnote|Fei (費)|lang=Chinese}}
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| birth_place = Troy, Michigan, United States
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| height_ft = 5
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| position = Defense
| shoots = Right
| league = NCAA
| team = LIU Sharks
| former_teams = KRS Vanke Rays
Robert Morris Colonials
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| ntl_team = CHN
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{{Infobox Chinese|title=Fei Anna|headercolor=#F8F9FA|t=費安娜|s=费安娜|p=Fèi Ānnà|y=Fai Ōnnóh}}
Anna Fairman (born October 13, 2000), also known by the Chinese name Fei Anna ({{Lang-zh|s=费 安娜|p=Fèi Ānnà}}), is an American ice hockey defenceman, currently playing with the LIU Sharks women's ice hockey program in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.
As a member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team, she competed in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.{{Cite web|url=https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1154485-anna-fei.htm|title=Anna FEI Ice Hockey - Beijing 2022 Olympics|website=results.beijing2022.cn|access-date=February 13, 2022|archive-date=February 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213014044/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1154485-anna-fei.htm|url-status=dead}}
Playing career
Fairman was a three-time state champion in Michigan and won two silver medals while competing in the under-19 US nationals in 2018 and 2019. She began her college ice hockey career with the Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program of Robert Morris University in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://rmucolonials.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/anna-fairman/7374|title=Anna Fairman - Women's Ice Hockey|website=Robert Morris University Athletics}}
She started playing professional ice hockey in 2021, joining KRS Vanke Rays. She was a member of the Chinese team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://colonialsportsnetwork.com/57191/sports/fcw-anna-fairman/|title=#FormerColonialWatch: Anna Fairman selected to Chinese national hockey team | Colonial Sports Network|first=Michael|last=Deemer|date=January 27, 2022}} She went viral on TikTok during the Olympic games for posting videos documenting her time in the Olympic village.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/06/olympic-athletes-are-jumping-on-tiktok-trends-to-provide-tours-of-their-rooms-at-beijing-2022.html|title=Olympic athletes are jumping on TikTok trends to provide tours of their rooms at Beijing 2022|first=Simran|last=Singh|date=February 6, 2022|via=Toronto Star}}
Ahead of the 2022–23 season, she transferred to Long Island University and joined the LIU Sharks women's ice hockey program.
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Fei Anna}}
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Category:American expatriate ice hockey players in China
Category:American women's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:LIU Sharks women's ice hockey players
Category:Naturalised ice hockey players
Category:Naturalized citizens of the People's Republic of China
Category:American sportswomen of Chinese descent
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for China
Category:Sportspeople from Troy, Michigan
Category:Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Oakland County, Michigan
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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