Olga Akopyan
Akopyan in 2016
Personal information
Born 4 March 1985 (1985-03-04) (age 38)
Volgograd, RSFSR, USSR
Nationality Russian
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2015
 Dinamo Volgograd
2015–2016
 Lada Togliatti
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2016
 Russia 133 (367)
Teams managed
2019–2022
 CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021–
 Russia (assistant)
2022–
 CSKA Moscow
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2007 France
Gold medal – first place2009 China
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2008 Macedonia

Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Акопян; née Levina on 4 March 1985) is a retired Russian handball player who last played for Lada Togliatti and the Russian national handball team. She won the world title in 2007 and 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016, placing eighth in 2012.[1][2]

After the 2012 Olympics she married Eduard Akopyan, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter Arina. She returned to training in November 2013.[1]

She is currently the head coach for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League and the assistant coach in the Russia women's national handball team.

References

  1. 1 2 "Olga Akopian". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Levina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olga Akopyan.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.