Viktoriya Divak

Viktoriya Divak
Personal information
Born	(1993-05-07)7 May 1993 Volgograd, Russia
Died	17 April 2023(2023-04-17) (aged 29) Astrakhan, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left-back, center-back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2011–2014	Dinamo Volgograd
2014–2017	HC Kuban Krasnodar
2017–2018	Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball
2018–2019	SV Union Halle-Neustadt
2019–2021	HC Gomel
2021–2023	HC Astrakhanochka
National team
Years	Team
2009–2010	Russia U-17

Viktoriya Viktorovna Divak (Russian: Виктория Викторовна Дивак; 7 May 1993 – 17 April 2023) was a Russian handball player who played in the Russian Women's Handball Super League for several years.

Club career

Divak began her career at Dinamo Volgograd, with whom she won the Russian championship three times.^[1] In 2014, the backcourt player moved to league rivals HC Kuban Krasnodar. In the summer of 2017, she was signed by the French third division club Achenheim Truchtersheim Handball (ATH).^[2] After Divak had risen to the second highest French league a year later with ATH, she moved to the newly promoted Bundesliga team SV Union Halle-Neustadt.^[3] With Halle-Neustadt, she was in the final four of the DHB-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.^[4]

Divak joined Belarusian first division club HC Gomel in 2019, with whom she won the national championship in her first season.^[5] She also won the Belarusian Cup twice. In 2021, she moved to the Russian first division club Astrakhanochka.^[1]

International career

Divak represented the Russian youth national team. At the U-17 European Championships in 2009, she won the silver medal with Russia.^[6] During the course of the tournament, Divak scored 39 goals.^[7] The following year, she represented Russia at the U-18 World Cup.^[8] In the same year she won the silver medal at the Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Personal life and death

Divak was the daughter of Viktor Divak who played football and played for Rotor Volgograd, among others.^[9] On 17 April 2023, she died after falling from the eighth floor of an apartment building in Astrakhan. She was 29.^[10][11]

Honours

Club

• Russian Championship:
  • 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
• Belarusian Championship:
  • 2019, 2020

References

1. "Не стало Виктории Дивак". rushandball.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
2. "Recrutement bouclé à l'ATH". dna.fr. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
3. "Russischer Neuzugang hat direkt Zeit zum kennenlernen". union-halle.net. August 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
4. "Im Alter von 29 Jahren: Ex-Hallenser Handballerin Victoria Divak gestorben". handball-world.news. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
5. "Волгоградские гандболистки Дивак и Кушнырь стали чемпионками Беларуси". vpravda.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
6. "2009 Women's European Championship 17". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
7. "2009 Women's European Championship 17: Top 50 scorers". history.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
8. "III WOMEN'S YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 IN DOM" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010.
9. "Трехкратная чемпионка России по гандболу Виктория Дивак погибла в Астрахани в возрасте 29 лет". rtvi.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
10. "Тренер "Астраханочки" — о гибели Дивак: в 11 утра купила котика, а в 14 её не стало". championat.com. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
11. "Гандболистка Виктория Дивак выпала из окна". sportssmi.ru. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

External links

• Viktoriya Divak at the European Handball Federation
• Viktoriya Divak at Olympics.com
• Viktoriya Divak at Olympedia