Polina Kuznetsova

Polina Kuznetsova

Kuznetsova at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	10 June 1987 Shopokov, Kyrgyzstan
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	HC Kuban Krasnodar
Number	8
National team
2005–	Russia	119 (322)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2005 Russia 2007 France European Championship 2006 Sweden

Polina Viktorovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Кузнецова; neé Vyakhireva on 10 June 1987) is a Russian handball player for the club HC Kuban Krasnodar.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

She competes internationally alongside her sister Anna Vyakhireva.

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2007^[3]
• All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2012^[5]
• Team of the Tournament Left Wing of the Bucharest Trophy: 2014^[6]
• All-Star Left Wing of the Summer Olympics: 2016^[7]

References

1. "EHF Women's Champions League 2010/11. Scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "All Star csapatban" handball.hu – 2007 December 16 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on 20 December 2007)
4. Polina Kuznetsova. nbcolympics.com
5. "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
6. "We are the champions! CSM a câștigat Bucharest Trophy 2014" (in Romanian). bucharest-trophy.ro. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
7. "Women's All-star Team". International Handball Federation. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.