Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Marennikova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Александровна Маренникова; born 29 April 1982) 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 ...

player, world champion and olympic medallist playing for

HC Kuban Krasnodar HC Kuban Krasnodar is a Russian women's handball team from Krasnodar competing in the Russian Super League. Kuban enjoyed its golden era in the late 1980s, winning two Cup Winners' Cups in 1987 and 1988 by beating TSC Berlin and Vasas Budapes ...

and the Russian national team. She won gold medals at the 2005 World Championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012.Ekaterina Marennikova
nbcolympics.com Marennikova is married to Eduard and has a son Andrei. She has a degree in physical education from the Lesgaft Institute in Saint Petersburg.Маренникова Екатерина Александровна
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1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian female handball players Olympic handball players for Russia Olympic medalists in handball Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Russia-handball-bio-stub