Anna Vyakhireva

Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female handballer for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.[1]

Anna Vyakhireva
Personal information
Full name	Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva
Born	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 Volgograd, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Rostov-Don
Number	13
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2011–2014	Zvezda Zvenigorod
2014–2016	HC Astrakhanochka
2016–	Rostov-Don
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Russia	91	(405)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2019 Japan European Championship 2018 France World Junior Championship 2014 Croatia World Youth Championship 2012 Montenegro European Junior Championship 2013 Denmark European Youth Championship 2011 Czech Republic 2009 Serbia Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 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, is a women's handball coach, he's on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.[2]

Achievements

• Olympic Games:
  • Gold Medalist: 2016
• World Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2019
• European Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2018
• Russian Super League
  • Gold Medalist: 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020
• Russian Championship:
  • Bronze Medalist: 2013
• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2018/2019
  • Fourth place: 2017/2018
• 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
• All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2014
• All-Star Right Back of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016[3]
• Most Valuable Player of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016[3]
• Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016
• Most Valuabe Player of the European Championship: 2018
• 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
• Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019[4]
• Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019[5]
• Handball-Planet.com All-Star Young Right Back of the year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017
• Handball-Planet.com Young World Female Player of the Year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017

References

1. "Profile Anna Vyakhireva". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
2. "The rising stars of the Women's EHF EURO: Anna Vyakhireva and Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. 1 August 2013.
3. "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.
4. "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
5. "Anna Vyakhireva is NBSC World Female Handball Player 2019". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.

External links

• Anna Vyakhireva at Olympedia
• Anna Vyakhireva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Anna Vyakhireva at European Handball Federation