Anna Kareyeva
Russian handball player
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Anna Vasilyevna Kareyeva (Russian: Анна Васильевна Кареева; born 10 May 1977) is a Russian handball player who competed internationally with the Russian national team. She has won the World Championship three times (2001, 2005 and 2007[1]) and she also received a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]
Maykop, Rissia
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| Full name | Anna Vasilyevna Kareyeva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 May 1977 Maykop, Rissia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-1998 | AGU-Adyif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-1999 | GK A-Elista Krasnodar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999-2001 | GU-Adyif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001-2004 | HC Lada Togliatti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2006 | GOG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-2008 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998-2008 | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Kareyeva started her career at her hometown club AGU-Adyif.[3][4] For the 1998-99 she joined GK A-Elista Krasnodar for a season before returning to AGU-Adyif. In November 2001 she joined HC Lada Togliatti.[5] Here she won the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Russian championship and the 2002 EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[6][7]
In 2004 she joined Danish team GOG together with her national team colleague Inna Suslina.[8] Here she won the 2005 Danish Cup. In the final she scored the most goals for her team with 6.[9]
Between 2006 and 2008 she returned to Russia and played for Zvezda Zvenigorod.[5] Here she won the 2007 Russian championship and EHF European League and the 2008 EHF Champions League.[10]
She retired in 2008 following a knee injury, she had gotten during the 2008 Olympics.[11]
National team
Kareyeva played for the Russian youth national team, where she won a bronze medal at the 1996 U-19 European Championship and a silver medal at the 1997 U20 World Championship.[12] She debuted for the Russian national team in 1998.
At the 2000 European Championship she won bronze medals with the Russian team. A year later she won the 2001 World Championship.[7] She scored 32 goals during the tournament.[13] At the 2005 and 2007 World Championships she also won gold medals, and she also won a silver medal at the 2006 European Championship.
At the 2008 Olympics she had a knee injury during a match versus Brazil in the preliminary round, and this was the last match of her career.[11]
