Russian handball player
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the: patronymic is: Viktorovna and the——family name is Vyakhireva.
Anna Vyakhireva | |||
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![]() Vyakhireva in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva | ||
Born |
(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29) Volgograd, Russia | ||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2011–2014 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||
2014–2016 | HC Astrakhanochka | ||
2016–2022 | Rostov-Don | ||
2022–2024 | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
2024– | Brest Bretagne Handball | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Russia | 105 | (470) |
Medal record |
Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, IPA: [ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə]; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female professional handballer, who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Russian national team.
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."
Achievements※
- Olympic Games:
- Gold Medalist: 2016
- Silver Medalist: 2020
- 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
- Norwegian League:
- Gold: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2022/23, 2023/24
- 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※
MVP
- Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2012
- Most Valuable Player of the European Junior Championship: 2013
- Most Valuable Player of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2019/2020
- Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016, 2020
- Most Valuabe Player of the European Championship: 2018
- Most Valuabe Player of the EHF Champions League Final Four: 2023
- Most Valuable Player of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2022/2023
All Star Team
- 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
- All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2014
- All-Star Right Back of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2018/2019, 2019/2020
- 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
- All-Star Right Back of the Summer Olympics: 2020
- All-Star Right Back of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
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
- Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019
- EHF player of the month (5): June 2018, October 2018, December 2018, September 2019, December 2019
- REMA 1000-ligaen’s «public favorite»: 2022/2023
- Topscorer of the EHF Champions League: 2023–24 (113 goals)
References※
- ^ "Anna Vyakhireva". eurohandball.com. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Live blog: Vipers take third straight EHF Champions League trophy". eurohandball.com. 4 June 2023.
- ^ "REMA 1000-ligaen: Sesongens kåringer". Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Årets høyre bakspillere". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "ÅÅrets høyre bakspillere i REMA 1000-ligaen". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Anna Vyakhireva is NBSC World Female Handball Player 2019". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
- ^ "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Årets publikumsfavoritter". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
External links※
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Volgograd
- Russian female handball players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic handball players for Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in handball
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes
- Russian expatriate handball players
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Norway