KUZNETSOVA Polina

Date of Birth: 10 Jun 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Place of birth: SHOPOKOV

Birth Country:

Kyrgyzstan

Place of residence : ROSTOV-NA-DONU

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
1	Women	2007	France
1	Women	2005	Russian Federation
3	Women	2019	Japan
5	Women	2015	Denmark
6	Women	2011	Brazil

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	France

Previous names:

Polina Vyakhireva

Occupation:

Law - Moscow International Law Institute, Russian Federation

Languages spoken:

Rostov-Don [Russian Federation] since 2018/19

Per Johansson [club], SWE; Alexey Alekseev [national], RUS

Position style:

Left wing (rostovhandball.ru, 22 Mar 2021)

Right (rushandball.ru, 03 Mar 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Anna Vyakhireva has also represented the Russian Federation in handball and the pair were members of the same teams that won gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and bronze at the 2019 World Championship in Japan. Her father Viktor Vyakhirev is an Honoured Coach of the Russian Federation in the sport. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Apr 2021; rostovhandball.ru, 22 Mar 2021; mk.ru, 21 Feb 2012)

2005 for Russian Federation, World Championships in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

In March 2017 she underwent surgery after suffering cruciate ligament injury to her knee, having previously undergone knee surgery in January 2016. (tass.ru, 01 Jul 2017, 05 Mar 2017; russianhandball.ru, 05 Jan 2016)

National league:

Super League [RUS] (rostovhandball.ru, 22 Mar 2021)

She began playing handball at age 11 in Volgograd, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

Her father was a handball coach. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

Coaches Viktor Vyakhirev and Evgeny Trefilov. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Everything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger." (Athlete, 03 Aug 2016)

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. (kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016)

She was named in the All-Star Team as the Best Left Wing of the women's handball competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She was also named in the All-Star teams for the 2012 European Championship in Serbia and the 2007 World Championship in France. (archive.ihf.info, 20 Aug 2016)

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Legend

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

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