Yekaterina Ilyina

Ekaterina Ilina
Ilyina in 2016
Personal information
Born (1991-03-07) 7 March 1991
Tolyatti, Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club HBC CSKA Moscow
Number 33
Senior clubs
Years Team
-2009
Handball Club Lada
2009–2013
HC Kuban Krasnodar
2013–2014
HC Lada
2014–2018
Rostov-Don
2019–
CSKA Moscow
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–
Russia 126 (343)
Medal record
Representing  ROC
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Junior Championship
2010 South Korea Team
World Youth Championship
2008 Slovakia Team

Yekaterina Fyodorovna Ilyina (Russian: Екатерина Фёдоровна Ильина, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinə ɪlʲjɪˈna]; born 7 March 1991) is a Russian handball player for HBC CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.[1][2]

Career

Ilyina played until 2009 for HC Lada, after which she joined HC Kuban Krasnodar.[3] After two seasons at Krasnodar she returned to HC Lada. Here she won the 2013-14 EHF Cup.

In 2014 she joined Rostov-Don.[4] Here she won the 2015, 2017 and 2018 Russian championship, the 2015 Russian cup and the 2017 EHF European League.

In October 2019 she joined CSKA Moscow.[5] Here she won the 2021, 2023 and 2024 Russian championship and the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Russian Cup.

National team

With the Russian youth national team she won the 2008 Youth European Championship. The following year she won bronze medals at the U20 World Championship.[6]

She represented the Russian senior national team at the 2012, 2014 and 2020 European Championships.[7][8][9]

At the 2016 Olympics she won gold medals with the Russian team. 4 years later she won silver medals at the 2020 Olympics, losing to France in the final 25-30.[10]

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Лада" продолжает терять игроков" (in Russian). 445000.ru. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Гандбольный клуб «Ростов-Дон» возглавит тренер из Дании" (in Russian). donnews.ru. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Екатерина Ильина возвращается в гандбол!" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ "С юбилеем, Като!" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Jekaterina Iljina (EM 2012)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Jekaterina Iljina (EM 2014)". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Women's European Handball Championship" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  11. ^ ""Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day". baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  12. ^ Svendsen, Svein André (29 November 2015). "Tre på all star team" (in Norwegian). Norges Håndballforbund. Retrieved 29 November 2015.