Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva ( rus, Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, , ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female handballer, who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Russian national team.

Biography

She started playing handball at her sister's training sessions at the age of six. Anna's older sister is Polina Kuznetsova, 2007 world champion and a member of the All-Star team at the

2012 European Women's Handball Championship The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subse ...

. Her father, Victor Vyakhirev, was a women's handball coach, he in 2013 was on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.

Achievements

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

: **''Gold Medalist'': 2016 **''Silver Medalist'': 2020 *

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

: **''Bronze Medalist'':

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* European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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Russian Super League Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries * Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and pe ...

**''Gold Medalist'': 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2013, 2015 *Russian Cup: **''Winner'': 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 **''Runner-up'': 2016 *Russian Supercup: **''Winner'': 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 *

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

: **''Winner'': 2022/23 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...

: **''Finalist'': 2018/2019 **''Fourth place'': 2017/2018 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: **''Finalist'': 2014 * European Junior Championship: **''Gold Medalist'': 2013 * World Youth Championship: **''Silver Medalist'':

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* European Youth Championship: **''Gold Medalist'': 2011 **''Silver Medalist'': 2009

Individual awards

MVP * Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship:

* Most Valuable Player of the European Junior Championship: 2013 * Most Valuable Player of the

: 2015/2016, 2019/2020 * Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016, 2020 * Most Valuabe Player of the European Championship:

All Star Team * All-Star Centre Back of the European Youth Championship: 2009 * All-Star Right Wing of the European Youth Championship: 2011 * All-Star Right Back of the Junior World Championship:

* All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship:

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

* All-Star Right Back of the

: 2015/2016, 2018/2019, 2019/2020 * All-Star Right Back of the Champions League:

* All-Star Right Back of the Champions League:

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

* All-Star Right Back of the

* All-Star Right Back of the Summer Olympics: 2020 Other * EHF player of the month (5): June 2018, October 2018, December 2018, September 2019, December 2019 * Handball-Planet.com All-Star Right Back of the Year: 2018, 2019 * Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019 * Handball-Planet.com All-Star Young Right Back of the year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017 * Handball-Planet.com Young World Female Player of the Year: 2015/2016, 2016/2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vyakhireva, Anna 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Volgograd Russian female handball players Olympic medalists in handball Olympic handball players of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in handball Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes