Anna Viktorovna Vyachireva

Anna Vyachireva

Anna Vyachirewa (2016)
Player information
Full name	Anna Viktorovna Vyachireva
birthday	13th March 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Volgograd , Russia
citizenship	Russian
height	1.68 m
Playing position	Right winger
	Back right
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	GK Rostov-on-Don
Jersey number	13
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2011-2014	Zvezda Zvenigorod
2014-2016	GK Astrakhanochka
2016–	GK Rostov-on-Don
National team
Debut on	October 23, 2013
against	Germany
	Games (goals)
Russia	81 (360)
As of November 30, 2019

Anna Wiktorowna Vyachirewa ( Russian Анна Викторовна Вяхирева ; English spelling Anna Vyakhireva ; born March 13, 1995 in Volgograd ) is a Russian handball player .

Career

Vyachirewa was born in Volgograd, but her family moved to Tolyatti a short time later . When Vyachirewa was about six years old, she started playing handball. Initially she was trained by her father, who re-educated her to be left-handed in order to increase her athletic prospects.

Vyachirewa was under contract with the Russian first division club Zvezda Zvenigorod from 2011 . With Zvezda Zvenigorod, she took part in the 2011/12 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 2012/13 EHF Champions League . In 2014 she won the Russian Cup with Zvezda. She then moved to league rivals GK Astrachanotschka . With Astrakhanochka, she won the Russian championship in 2016. For the 2016/17 season she moved to the Russian first division club GK Rostov-on-Don . With Rostov she won the EHF Cup in 2017 and the Russian championship in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Vyachireva has been a member of the Russian national team since 2013 . The Russian also ran for the Russian youth national team, with which she won the U-19 European Championship in 2013 . In addition, she was elected MVP of the tournament. Two years earlier she won the U-17 European Championship with Russia . At the U20 World Cup in 2014, she was elected to the Allstar team. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she won the gold medal and was elected MVP. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships . Vyachirewa scored a total of 43 goals in the course of the tournament and was awarded the MVP title. At the 2019 World Cup , she won the bronze medal with the Russian selection. Vyachirewa scored 45 hits, prepared 62 hits and was elected to the All-Star team.

Private

Her older sister Polina Kuznetsova also plays handball.

Web links

• Anna Vyachirewa in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Anna Viktorovna Vyachirewa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Player portrait of Anna Vyachirewa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.zvezda-handball.ru: Игроки "Звезды" в составе сборной отправляются на квалификацию Чемпионата Европы - accessed October 23, 2013
2. ↑ japanhandball2019.com: ロ シ ア , accessed November 30, 2019
3. ↑ 24smi.org: Анна Вяхирева , accessed November 19, 2019
4. ↑ astfutur.ru: Как я провел лето. ГК “Астраханочка” , accessed on September 24, 2014
5. ↑ championat-rostov.ru: Анна Вяхирева: "Ростов-Дон" поможет мне расти как игроку , accessed on August 21, 2016
6. ↑ sport.tv2.dk: To danskere udpeget til EM's All Star-hold , accessed on August 31, 2018
7. ↑ www.dhf.dk: Dansk venstreside på All Star holdet , accessed on August 20, 2014
8. ↑ www.handball-world.com: Medal winners dominate all-star team , accessed on August 21, 2016
9. ↑ handball-planet.com: French girls take European crown for the first time! , accessed December 18, 2018
10. ↑ fra2018.ehf-euro.com: TOP SCORER GOALS , accessed on December 17, 2018
11. ↑ handball-world.news: Nine players from nine nations - including the German national player in the All-Star Team , accessed on December 18, 2018
12. ↑ handball-world.news: "Bronze medal feels a little like gold": Russia leaves the handball world championship satisfied , accessed on December 18, 2019
13. ↑ www.eurohandball.com: Small Anna with a big future , accessed on November 29, 2014