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Tatyana Yevgenyevna Khmyrova (Russian: Татьяна Евгеньевна Хмырова; born 6 February 1990)[1] is a Russian handballer.

Full name Tatyana Yevgenyevna Khmyrova
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 36)
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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Tatyana Khmyrova
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Full name Tatyana Yevgenyevna Khmyrova
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 36)
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2005–2013
Dinamo Volgograd
2013–2018
HC Vardar
2018–2019
Siófok KC
2020–2021
Balonmano Salud Tenerife
2022–
O.F.N. Ionias
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2019
Russia 58 (182)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 China
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2008 Macedonia
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National team

She played for the Russian national team since the younger age categories and won the Youth World Championship in 2008. In addition, she was named the MVP of the tournament.[2] Khmyrova made her senior debut in the same year at the 2008 European Championship, where she collected the bronze medal. In the following year at the World Championship, Tatyana was part of the gold medal winning team, and participated at the European Championship in 2010, finishing seventh.[3] She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[4] where the Russian team placed 6th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Russian finished 8th.[5]

Club career

Khmyrova played first for HC Dinamo Volgograd from 2005, where she made her debut at the age of 16.[6] In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 she won the Russian Championship.[7]

In 2013 she joined Macedonian HC Vardar,[8] where she won the Macedonian Championship and Cup double five times in a row from 2014 to 2018.

Afterwards she joined Hungarian Siófok KC.[9] In her first season at the club, she won the EHF Cup. Due to knee injuries, she took a break from handball in 2019.[10]

For the 2020-21 season she joined Spanish side Balonmano Salud Tenerife.[11] She left the team in 2021, when the club had economic trouble and therefore could not pay wages on time. Afterwards she joined the coaching staff of her former club HC Vardar.[12] In 2022 she joined Greek team O.F.N. Ionias.

Achievements

Club

National team

Awards and recognition

  • Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2008

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