Anna Vyakhireva
Russian handball player
Anna Viktorovna Vyakhireva (Russian: Анна Викторовна Вяхирева, IPA: [ˈanːə ˈvʲæxʲɪrʲɪvə]; born 13 March 1995) is a Russian female professional handballer, who plays for French club Brest Bretagne Handball 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. Her father, Victor Vyakhirev, was a women's handball coach, he in 2013 was on duty with the Zvezda Zvenigorod youth team.
Career
In 2011 Vyakhireva signed her first professional contract at Zvezda Zvenigorod. Here she won the Russian cup in 2014.
She then joined HC Astrakhanochka. Here she won the 2016 Russian Championship, and was selected for the league all star team.
Right after she joined league rivals Rostov-Don. Here she won the 2017 EHF Cup and the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 Russian Championships.
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