Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey (russian: Эмилия Халсбериевна Турей; born 6 October 1984 in

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) is a Russian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er who plays as a left wing. She is a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 & 2009), silver medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2006 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship, all with the National Team of Russia. She also won the

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

in 2007 and the

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

in 2009 as a club player. Turey is of

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an descent through her father. She competed at the

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...

in Brazil, where the Russian team placed 6th.

International honours

: **''Winner'': 2007 **''Finalist'':

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: **''Winner'': 2009 *

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: **''Gold Medalist'':

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* European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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: **''Silver Medalist'':

Individual awards

*All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2011

References

External links

* Russian female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Russian people of Sierra Leonean descent Sportspeople from Astrakhan Living people 1984 births Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Russian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Russia-handball-bio-stub