Polina Kuznetsova

Polina Kuznetsova

Personal information
Born	10 June 1987 Shopokov, Kyrgyzstan
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	HC Astrakhanochka
Number	8
National team
	Russia	92 (251)
Medal record World Championship 2005 Russia 2007 France European Championship 2006 Sweden

Polina Viktorovna Kuznetsova (Russian: Полина Викторовна Кузнецова; born 10 June 1987),^[1] formerly known as Polina Viktorovna Vyakhireva, is a Russian handball player. She plays for the Russian club HC Astrakhanochka.^[2][3]

She won gold medal with the Russian national team winning team in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship, and was also voted into the championship's All-Star Team.^[4] She has also participated at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.

She is the sister of Anna Vyakhireva.

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2007^[4]
• All-Star Left Wing of the European Championship: 2012^[5]
• Team of the Tournament Left Wing of the Bucharest Trophy: 2014^[6]

References

1. "Oroszország" handball.hu – 2007 December 16 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on 20 December 2007)
2. "EHF Women's Champions League 2010/11. Scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
3. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
4. "All Star csapatban" handball.hu – 2007 December 16 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on 20 December 2007)
5. "All Star Team announced". European Handball Federation. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
6. "We are the champions! CSM a câștigat Bucharest Trophy 2014" (in Romanian). bucharest-trophy.ro. Retrieved 26 August 2014.