Anna Vyakhireva
Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female handballer for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.[1]
Anna Vyakhireva | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva | ||
Born |
Volgograd, Russia | 13 March 1995||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Rostov-Don | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2011–2014 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||
2014–2016 | HC Astrakhanochka | ||
2016– | Rostov-Don | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Russia | 94 | (413) |
Medal record
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Biography
She started playing handball at her sister's training sessions at the age of six. Anna's older sister is Polina Kuznetsova, 2007 world champion and a member of the All-Star team at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship. Her father, Victor Vyakhirev, is a women's handball coach, he's on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.[2]
Achievements
- Olympic Games:
- Gold Medalist: 2016
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
- European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2018
- Russian Super League
- Gold Medalist: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Bronze Medalist: 2013, 2015
- Russian Cup:
- Winner: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Runner-up: 2016
- Russian Supercup:
- Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalist: 2014
- European Junior Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2013
- World Youth Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2012
- European Youth Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2011
- Silver Medalist: 2009
Individual awards
- All-Star Centre Back of the European Youth Championship: 2009
- All-Star Right Wing of the European Youth Championship: 2011
- All-Star Right Back of the Junior World Championship: 2012
- Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2012
- Most Valuable Player of the European Junior Championship: 2013
- All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2014
- EHF player of the month (5): June 2018, October 2018, December 2018, September 2019, December 2019
- All-Star Right Back of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2018/2019, 2019/2020[3]
- Most Valuable Player of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2019/2020[3]
- Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016
- Most Valuabe Player of the European Championship: 2018
- All-Star Right Back of the Champions League: 2019
- All-Star Right Back of the Champions League: 2020
- All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2019
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019[4]
- Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019[5]
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Young Right Back of the year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
- Handball-Planet.com Young World Female Player of the Year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
References
- "Profile Anna Vyakhireva". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- "The rising stars of the Women's EHF EURO: Anna Vyakhireva and Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. 1 August 2013.
- "Анна Вяхирева и Александр Черноиванов – MVP сезона 2015/16 в женской и мужской Суперлигах!". Russian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
- "Anna Vyakhireva is NBSC World Female Handball Player 2019". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
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