Darya Dmitriyeva (handballer)

Darya Dmitriyeva

Personal information
Born	9 August 1995 Tolyatti, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Nickname	Dasha
Club information
Current club	Lada Togliatti
Number	11
Youth clubs
0000–2009 2009–2015 2015–	Lada Togliatti Dinamo Volgograd Lada Togliatti
Senior clubs
2011–	Dinamo Volgograd
National team
2013–	Russia	3 (10)
Medal record World Youth Championship 2012 Montenegro European Junior Championship 2013 Denmark European Youth Championship 2011 Czech Republic

Darya Dmitriyeva (Russian: Дарья Дмитриева; born 9 August 1995)^[1] is a Russian female handballer who plays for Lada Togliatti and Russian national team.^[2]

Biography

Darya's father is a former ice hockey player. She trained under Irina Kos at Lada Togliatti, but when the coach decided to leave, Dmitriyeva and some of her teammates joined the other Russian handball center in Volgograd. Daria was a 14-year-old when she made that decision in 2009.^[3]

Dmitriyeva and Anna Vyakhireva were considered the rising stars at the European Junior Championship.^[3]

Dmitriyeva was voted world's second best young playmaker of the 2013/2014 season by the Handball-Planet.com fans, after Deborah Nunes.^[4]

Achievements

• Russian Super League:
  • Gold Medalist: 2012, 2013, 2014

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semifinalist: 2012

• European Junior Championship:
  • Gold Medalist: 2013

• World Youth Championship:
  • Silver Medalist: 2012

• European Youth Championship:
  • Gold Medalist: 2011

Individual awards

• All-Star Playmaker of the European Junior Championship: 2013

References

1. "Profile Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "The rising stars of the Women's EHF EURO: Anna Vyakhireva and Daria Dmitrieva". European Handball Federation. 1 August 2013.
4. "World Best Young Female Playmaker 2013/2014". Handball-Planet. 22 May 2014.