Russian handball player
Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, IPA: [ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə]; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female professional handballer, who plays for French club Brest Bretagne Handball and the Russian national team.[1]
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, was a women's handball coach, he in 2013 was on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.[2]
Achievements
- Olympic Games:[3]
- Gold Medalist: 2016
- Silver Medalist: 2020
- World Championship:
- European Championship:
- 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
- Norwegian League:
- Gold: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- European Junior Championship:
- World Youth Championship:
- European Youth Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2011
- Silver Medalist: 2009
Individual awards
MVP
All Star Team
Other
- Handball-Planet.com Young World Female Player of the Year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Young Right Back of the year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
- Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019[10]
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019[11]
- EHF player of the month (5): June 2018, October 2018, December 2018, September 2019, December 2019
- REMA 1000-ligaen’s «public favorite»: 2022/2023[12]
- Topscorer of the EHF Champions League: 2023–24 (113 goals)
References
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