[1] In 2009 Anastasia Protasenya competed for the first time in ITU triathlons and won a bronze medal at the European Cup in Tarzo Revine.

Thanks to the gold medal she entered the Junior European Rankings / Women Standing at number 31 of 95.

[2] One day after the European Cup triathlon Protasenya took part in the International Alanya Swimming Marathon and won the (elite) bronze medal.

[3] Like Inna Tsyganok and Lyubov Ivanovskaya, Anastasia Protasenya attends an elite sports school for prospective Olympians in Moscow (Московское Среднее Специальное Училище Олимпийского Резерва No.

[5] In the four years from 2009 to 2012, Protasenya took part in 15 ITU competitions and achieved eight top ten placements.