Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, IPA: [ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə]; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female professional handballer, who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Russian national team.[1]
| Anna Vyakhireva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vyakhireva in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva | ||
| Born |
13 March 1995 Volgograd, Russia | ||
| Nationality | Russian | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2014 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||
2014–2016 | HC Astrakhanochka | ||
2016–2022 | Rostov-Don | ||
2022– | Vipers Kristiansand | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Russia | 105 | (470) |
Medal record | |||
Biography edit
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. Her father, Victor Vyakhirev, was a women's handball coach, he in 2013 was on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.[2]
Achievements edit
- Olympic Games:[3]
- Gold Medalist: 2016
- Silver Medalist: 2020
- World Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2019
- European Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2018
- Russian Super League
- 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 League:
- Gold: 2022/2023, 2023/2024
- Norwegian Cup:
- Winner: 2022/23, 2023/24
- EHF Champions League:
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Finalist: 2014
- European Junior Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2013
- World Youth Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2012
- European Youth Championship:
- Gold Medalist: 2011
- Silver Medalist: 2009
Individual awards edit
MVP
- Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2012
- Most Valuable Player of the European Junior Championship: 2013
- Most Valuable Player of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2019/2020[4]
- Most Valuable Player of the Summer Olympics: 2016, 2020
- Most Valuabe Player of the European Championship: 2018
- Most Valuabe Player of the EHF Champions League Final Four: 2023[5]
- Most Valuable Player of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2022/2023[6]
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: 2012
- All-Star Right Wing of the Junior World Championship: 2014
- All-Star Right Back of the Russian Super League: 2015/2016, 2018/2019, 2019/2020[4]
- All-Star Right Back of the Champions League: 2019
- All-Star Right Back of the Champions League: 2020
- All-Star Right Back of the World Championship: 2019
- All-Star Right Back of the Summer Olympics: 2020[7]
- All-Star Right Back of REMA 1000-ligaen: 2022/2023[8]
Other
- REMA 1000-ligaen’s «public favorite»: 2022/2023[9]
- 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[10]
- Handball-Planet.com World Female Player of the Year: 2019[11]
- 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 edit
- ^ "Anna Vyakhireva". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "The rising stars of the Women's EHF EURO: Anna Vyakhireva and Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. 1 August 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Vyakhireva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Анна Вяхирева и Александр Черноиванов – MVP сезона 2015/16 в женской и мужской Суперлигах!". Russian Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Live blog: Vipers take third straight EHF Champions League trophy". eurohandball.com. 4 June 2023.
- ^ "REMA 1000-ligaen: Sesongens kåringer". Norwegian Handball Federation (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Årets høyre bakspillere". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "Årets publikumsfavoritter". topphandball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "World Female Best 8 in 2019!". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Anna Vyakhireva is NBSC World Female Handball Player 2019". handball-planet.com. 20 January 2020.
