Irina Bliznova

Irina Bliznova

Personal information
Full name	Irina Yuryevna Bliznova
Born	6 October 1986 Krasnodar, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Lada Togliatti
Number	6
National team
	Russia	109 (298)
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championship 2005 Russia 2007 France European Championship 2006 Sweden

Irina Yuryevna Bliznova (Russian: Ирина Юрьевна Близнова, born 6 October 1986) is a Russian handball player, playing on the Russian national team.^[1] She won the gold medal with the Russian team in the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and again in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France.^[2]

She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,^[3] where the Russian team placed 6th.

References

1. "Oroszország" handball.hu – 2007 december 2 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on December 20, 2007)
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roster Russia" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.