Lyudmila Valeryevna Bodniyeva (russian: Людмила Валерьевна Бодниева; born on October 15, 1978 in

Elista Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...

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) is the current head coach of the Russian women's national handball team. She formerly played for the clubs Akva Volgograd and Krim Ljubljana, and was a world champion with the Russian women's national handball team. She is of Kalmyk ethnicity. She won a gold medal with the winning Russian team at the

2005 World Women's Handball Championship The 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, the 17th team handball world championship for women, was played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 5 and 18 December 2005. Russia won their second title. Qualification Preliminary round ''All times ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, and was selected into the championship's all-star team (as pivot). She received a silver medal at the

2006 European Women's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Russia women's national handball team, Russia 27–24 in the final match. This ...

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, and was voted into the all-star team (pivot). She was also in the all-star team at the

2004 European Women's Handball Championship The 2004 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Hungary from 9–19 December, it was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Denmark women's national handball team, Denmark 27–25 in the final match. Ve ...

, where the Russian team finished 4th. Twice World Champion, silver and bronze medalist of Europe Championship "All star team" as pivot: World Championship 2001 Italy, 2005 Russia (MVP) European Championship 2000 Romania, 2002 Danmark, 2004 Hungaria, 2006 Sweden

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* Russian female handball players 1978 births Living people Luidmila People from Elista Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Russia Handball coaches of international teams Sportspeople from Kalmykia {{Russia-handball-bio-stub