VEDEKHINA Polina

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Germany
5	Women	2015	Denmark

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2020	Denmark

Athlete

Transport and Logistics - Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Russian Federation

Partner Mikhail Sharkov

Russian

CSKA Moscow [Russian Federation] since 2019/20

Florentin Pera [club], ROU; Alexey Alekseev [national], RUS

Left back (rushandball.ru, 01 Jul 2021)

Right (handball.ru, 01 Jan 2018)

Her husband Mikhail Sharkov has played handball for SGAU-Saratov club in the Russian Super League. (rushandball.ru, 01 Jan 2021)

In 2018 she suffered an Achilles tendon injury and underwent surgery. However, due to complications during her rehabilitation, it took her around two years to fully recover. In early 2021 she suffered a relapse and could not train for one month. (handballfast.com, 16 Mar 2021; olympic.ru, 15 Sep 2020)

Super League [RUS] (whccska.ru, 05 Jul 2021)

She began playing handball at age 10. (handball.ru, 01 Jan 2018)

"My first coach Anna Vladimirovna Sidoricheva always covered up my handball hobby, when I secretly ran away from my parents to training instead of studying at a music school. I did well there too, and my mother had great hopes for my musical future. At first, at home, they did not admit that I would grow up as an athlete. For some time I was even forbidden from playing handball. But Anna Vladimirovna always believed in me, helped me stay in the game." (handballfast.com, 24 Oct 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (handballfast.com, 24 Oct 2019)

In recognition of the gold medal she won at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, she received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (olympic.ru, 08 Jul 2021; handball.ru, 01 Jan 2018)