ILINA Ekaterina

Date of Birth: 7 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.74/5'8''

Place of birth: TOGLIATTI

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : MOSCOW

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women ROC ROC	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #02 ROC ROC 24 BRA Brazil 24	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #09 SWE Sweden 36 ROC ROC 24	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #17 HUN Hungary 31 ROC ROC 38	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #21 ROC ROC 28 FRA France 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #27 ESP Spain 31 ROC ROC 34	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #33 MNE Montenegro 26 ROC ROC 32	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Semifinal #35 NOR Norway 26 ROC ROC 27	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Gold Medal Match #38 ROC ROC 25 FRA France 30	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

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

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2020	Denmark

Katya (Instagram profile, 23 Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Physical Education - Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Krasnodar, RUS

Languages spoken:

English, Russian

CSKA Moscow [Russian Federation] since 2019/20

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

Position style:

Centre back (history.eurohandball.com, 13 Mar 2021)

Right (rushandball.ru, 22 Mar 2021)

2011 for Russian Federation (rsport.ru, 19 Mar 2016)

She missed the 2018/19 season, including the 2018 European Championship in France, due to a back injury. She underwent surgery and returned to action at the start of the 2019/20 season. (rushandball.ru, 07 Oct 2019; tass.ru, 03 Jun 2018)

National league:

Super League [RUS] (whccska.ru, 26 Mar 2021)

She began playing handball at age eight in Togliatti, Russian Federation. (whccska.ru, 01 Jan 2021)

A handball coach came to her school and invited the students to a training session. "I went there and handball captivated me at once." (rsport.ru, 19 Mar 2016)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev. (whccska.ru, 01 Jan 2021)

In recognition of the gold medal she won at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she received the Order of Friendship and the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Apr 2021; kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016; minsport.gov.ru, 22 Aug 2016)

She was named Best Centre Back of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 Russian Super League seasons. (rushandball.ru, 22 Jun 2016, 21 Aug 2015)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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