Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan (russian: Ольга Сергеевна Акопян; née Levina on 4 March 1985) is a retired Russian

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player who last played for Lada Togliatti and the Russian national handball team. She won the world title in 2007 and 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016, placing eighth in 2012.Olga Akopian
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sports-reference.com After the 2012 Olympics she married Eduard Akopyan, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter Arina. She returned to training in November 2013. She is currently the head coach for

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in the

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and the assistant coach in the

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