Irina Bliznova

Irina Bliznova
Irina Bliznova
	Bliznova in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Irina Yuryevna Bliznova
Born	6 October 1986 (age 38); Krasnodar, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Lada Togliatti
Number	6
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004-2012	Lada Togliatti
2014-2016	Lada Togliatti
2019-	Lada Togliatti
National team
Years	Team
2005–2016	Russia
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship

Irina Yuryevna Bliznova (Russian: Ирина Юрьевна Близнова, born 6 October 1986) is a Russian handball player, who plays for Lada Togliatti.^[1] She won the gold medal at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012.^[2]^[3] She announced her retirement shortly after the 2016 Olympics.^[4]

Bliznova is married to Alexander and has a daughter Arina (born 2010) and a son Arkhip (born 2014).^[3]

References

^ "Oroszország" handball.hu – 2007 december 2 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on December 20, 2007)
^ Irina Bliznova Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
^ ^a ^b Irina Bliznova. nbcolympics.com
^ Гандболистка Ирина Близнова объявила о завершении карьеры. tass.ru (21 August 2016)

External links

Irina Bliznova at the European Handball Federation
Irina Bliznova at Olympedia

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[1] "Oroszország" handball.hu – 2007 december 2 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on December 20, 2007)

[2] Irina Bliznova Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

[nbc-3] Irina Bliznova. nbcolympics.com

[4] Гандболистка Ирина Близнова объявила о завершении карьеры. tass.ru (21 August 2016)

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