Nadezhda Konstantinovna Muravyova (russian: Надежда Константиновна Муравьёва; born in 30th June 1980 in

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, Russia).She is a Russian team handball player, playing in the Russian women's national handball team."Oroszország"
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. At the

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, she received a bronze medal, where she was also named "Best Defense Player". She participated at the

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in Brazil, where the Russian team was placed at 6th.

Life and career

Muravyova started her sports career with gymnastics before moving to handball later in her life. She started her handball training at the age of 13 in Akwa Volgograd. Her first coach was Vladimir Fedorovic Civikov. She played for AKWA from 1996 to 2002. Since 2002, she has played with HC Lada Togliatti.

Awards

* 1998 - won a bronze medal in the European Junior Handball Championship in Slovakia * 1998 - won a bronze medal in the Russian league * 1999 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, Akwa Volgograd * 2000 - won a bronze medal in the European Handball Championship in Romania * 2000 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, Akwa Volgograd * 2001 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, Akwa Volgograd * 2001 - winner of the World Women's Handball Championship * 2003 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, HC Lada Togliatti * 2004 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, HC Lada Togliatti * 2005 - won the Russian Championship alongside her team, HC Lada Togliatti * 2007 - won the silver medal with HC Lada Togliatti in the Russian Championship * 2007- winner of the World Women's Handball Championship * 2008 - won a bronze medal on European Handball Championship in Fyr Macedonia * 2009 - winner of the World Women's Handball Championship

References

Russian female handball players 1980 births Living people Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Russia People from Bratsk Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast {{Russia-handball-bio-stub