Olga Akopyan
Olga Akopyan | |||
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![]() Akopyan in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
Born |
4 March 1985 Volgograd, Russia | (age 36)||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2015 | Dinamo Volgograd | ||
2015–2016 | Lada Togliatti | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2016 | Russia | 133 | (367) |
Teams managed | |||
2019– | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | ||
2021– | Russia (assistant) | ||
Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Акопян; née Levina on 4 March 1985) is a retired Russian handball player who last played for Lada Togliatti and the Russian national handball team. She won the world title in 2007 and 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016, placing eighth in 2012.[1][2]
After the 2012 Olympics she married Eduard Akopyan, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter Arina. She returned to training in November 2013.[1]
She is currently assistant coach for the CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League and the Russia women's national handball team.
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- ^ a b Olga Akopian. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Olga Levina. sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Russian female handball players
- Living people
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Volgograd
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic handball players of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Russian handball biography stubs