// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Jasna a good table tennis player? She's got a great Fazlić grip.
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| Full name | Jasna Fazlić Rather | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Bosnia and Herzegovina United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Jasna Fazlić December 20, 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing style | Offensive power looper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jasna Rather (née Fazlić; December 20, 1970) is an American former table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for the United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics respectively.[1]
Olympics participation
[edit]In 1988, she won the bronze medal for Yugoslavia in the women's doubles together with Gordana Perkučin. Four years later she competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. In 2000 and 2004 she participated for the United States.
Personal life
[edit]Jasna lived in Zagreb for the most of her childhood and youth. From 1992 to 1997, she was married to Ilija Lupulesku. After separating from Lupulesku in 1996, she played in Japan for a short while, then moved to the United States. After her divorce she legally changed her name to Reed. Jasna got married on August 20, 2009 to William H. Rather IV, and changed her last name to Rather. Jasna and William have one daughter, Izabel Rather.
Coaching
[edit]As of 2006, she is the Head Table Tennis Coach at Texas Wesleyan University. Since the inception of the table tennis program at Texas Wesleyan University, the team has brought back to Texas 69 collegiate national titles in team, singles and doubles events.
Table tennis career
[edit]- 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004 Olympian
- 1988 Bronze Olympic Medal (Seoul Korea)
- 1988 and 1992 European Champion
- 2003 and 2005 US women's singles champion
- Inducted into the US Table Tennis Hall of Fame December 2011
References
[edit]- ↑ "Reed, Ping advance as U.S. women's pair". ESPN. July 14, 2004. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jasna Rather - Table Tennis Coach - Texas Wesleyan University Athletics
- Jasna REED-LUPULESKU-FAZLIC at ITTF.com
- Jasna Fazlic at databaseOlympics.com
- Fort Worth Weekly article on Reed and Texas Wesleyan table tennis
- "Born Under a Lucky Star: Celebrated Coach Jasna Rather" by Joel Lidstrom, NCTTA (2024)
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Foča
- Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen
- Yugoslav table tennis players
- American female table tennis players
- Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic table tennis players for Yugoslavia
- Olympic table tennis players as Independent Olympic Participants
- Olympic table tennis players for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in table tennis
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in table tennis
- Table tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the United States
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- European champions for Yugoslavia
- Texas Wesleyan Rams
- Naturalised table tennis players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- American expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in table tennis
- 20th-century American sportswomen
- 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen
- 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen
- Naturalized citizens of the United States