Maya Petrova
Appearance
Maya Petrova | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Maya Andreyevna Petrova | ||
Born |
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 26 May 1982||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Pivot | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2019 | Russia | 85 | (90) |
Maya Andreyevna Petrova (Russian: Майя Андреевна Петрова; née Kaverina; born 26 May 1982) is a former Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.[1][2]
At the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship she reached the final and won the gold medal with the Russian team.[citation needed]
In May 2020 Petrova announced her retirement.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ EHF profile
- ^ "Майя Петрова из ГК "Ростов-Дон" завершает карьеру" [Maya Petrova from HK "Rostov-Don" retires] (in Russian).
External links
[edit]- Maya Petrova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Russian female handball players
- Handball players from Volgograd
- Olympic handball players for Russia
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Russian sportswomen
- Russian handball biography stubs