Anna Vyakhireva

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In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Viktorovna and the family name is Vyakhireva.
Anna Vyakhireva
Handball Anna Vyakhireva MoscowTass 08-2016.jpg
Vyakhireva in 2016
Personal information
Full name Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva
Born (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 26)
Volgograd, Russia
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
2016–2021
 Rostov-Don
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2021
 Russia 105 (470)
Medal record
Representing  ROC
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Japan Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2018 France Team
World Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2014 Croatia Team
World Youth Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 Montenegro Team
European Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place Team
European Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Czech Republic Team
Silver medal – second place Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Team

Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, IPA: [ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə]; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female handballer, who played for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team,[1] until August 2021, when she decided to take a break from her professional handball career.[2]

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.[3]

Achievements[]

Individual awards[]

MVP

All Star Team

Other

  • EHF player of the month (5): June 2018, October 2018, December 2018, September 2019, December 2019
  • Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019[7]
  • Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019[8]
  • 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[]

  1. ^ "Anna Vyakhireva". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ^ ""HANDBALL EARTHQUAKE": Vyakhireva and Dmitrieva to stop career". handball-planet.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "The rising stars of the Women's EHF EURO: Anna Vyakhireva and Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Vyakhireva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Anna Vyakhireva is NBSC World Female Handball Player 2019". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.

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