Anna Vyakhireva

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Nationality Russian Current club HC Astrakhanochka Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Number 13		Playing position Right wing Name Anna Vyakhireva Nickname Anya

Born 13 March 1995 (age 29) Volgograd, Russia ( 1995-03-13 )

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Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female handballer for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.

Анна Вяхирева/ Anna Vyakhireva #13 / Типичная Гандболитска

Biography

She started playing handball at her sister's training sessions at the age of six. Anna's older sister is Polina Kuznetcova, 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.

Achievements

Olympic Games:

Gold Medalist: 2016

Russian Super League

Gold Medalist: 2015/2016

Russian Championship:

Bronze Medalist: 2013

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

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

Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2012

Most Valuable Player of the European Junior Championship: 2013

Team of the Tournament Right Back of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014

All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2014

All-Star Right Wing of Møbelringen Cup 2015

All-Star Right Back of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016

Most Valuable Player of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016

Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016

References

Anna Vyakhireva Wikipedia

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