Irina Viktorovna Osipova (russian: Ирина Викторовна Осипова, born 25 June 1981) is a Russian

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player. Since 2002 she was part of the

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at most major international competitions. She won Olympic bronze medals in 2004 and 2008, placing fourth in 2012, and collected three gold and five silver medals at the world and European championships. She currently plays for

Dynamo Kursk WBC Dynamo Kursk (russian: ЖБК «Динамо» Курск) is a Russian women's basketball club from Kursk playing in the Russian Premier League. They won their first FIBA Eurocup title in 2012. In the 2016–17 season, Kursk won the EuroLea ...

from

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. She is married and has a daughter Alyona.

Career

* 1997–2001 Gloria Moscow * 2001–2002

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

* 2002–2004

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* 2004

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* 2004–2005 Elitzur Ramla * 2005–2012

Spartak Moscow Region Women's Basketball Club Sparta&K is a women's basketball team based in Vidnoye, Russia that plays in FIBA’s EuroLeague Women. History It won the 2005–06 EuroCup Women and the 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10 EuroLeague Women ...

* 2012–2014 İstanbul Üniversitesi * 2014

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* 2014–2016

* 2017–2019

* 2006

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References

Living people 1981 births Russian women's basketball players Detroit Shock players Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub