Anna Vasilyevna Kareyeva (russian: Анна Васильевна Кареева; born 10 May 1977) is a Russian

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player who competed internationally with the Russian national team. She has won the

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three times (

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

and

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

) and she also received a silver medal in the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Adygea Russian female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Russia-handball-bio-stub