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Polina Kuznetsova

Polina Kuznetsova

Russian handball player

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovna and the family name is Kuznetsova.

Polina Viktorovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Кузнецова, IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə kʊzʲnʲɪˈtsovə], née Vyakhireva; born 10 June 1987) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and formerly the Russian national team.[1] She won gold medals with the Russian national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2005 and 2007 world championships, and was included into the 2007 championship's All-Star Team.[2][3] She retired from the national team, in August 2021.[4]

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She competes internationally alongside her sister Anna Vyakhireva.[citation needed]

Individual awards

References

  1. [1]
    EHF profile
  2. [2]
    "All Star csapatban" handball.hu – 2007 December 16 (Retrieved on 20 December 2007)
  3. [3]
    Polina Kuznetsova Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
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    ""HANDBALL EARTHQUAKE": Vyakhireva and Dmitrieva to stop career". handball-planet.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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    "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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    "We are the champions! CSM a câștigat Bucharest Trophy 2014" (in Romanian). bucharest-trophy.ro. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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    "Women's All-star Team". International Handball Federation. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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    "Tokyo 2020 Women's All-Star Team". IHF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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