Victoriya Kalinina

Victoriya Kalinina
Kalinina in 2016
Personal information
Full name Victoriya Viktorovna Kalinina
Born (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988
Maykop, Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Rostov-Don
Number 28
Senior clubs
Years Team
-2009
GK 53 Moscow
2009-2013
Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013-2015
HC Kuban Krasnodar
2015-2016
HC Astrakhanochka
2016-2020
HC Kuban Krasnodar
2020-2023
Rostov-Don
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2023
Russia 101 (1)
Medal record
Representing  ROC
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
2019 Japan Team

Victoriya Viktorovna Kalinina (Russian: Виктория Викторовна Калинина, IPA: [vʲɪˈktorʲɪjə ˈvʲiktərəvnə kɐˈlʲinʲɪnə]; born 8 December 1988) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national handball team.[1][2] In 2016 she was part of the Russian team that won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics.[3]

Career

Kalinina played until 2009 for GK 53 Moscow. She then joined Zvezda Zvenigorod, where she won the 2010 and 2011 Russian Cup. In 2013 she joined HC Kuban Krasnodar.[4] In February 2015 she joined HC Astrakhanochka.[5] Here she won the 2016 Russian championship. After the 2015-16 season she returned HC Kuban Krasnodar.[6] In the 2018-19 season she took a break from handball due to pregnancy leave.[7]

Between 2020 and 2023 she played for Rostov-Don.[8][9] Here she won the 2022 Russian championship.

National team

At the 2016 Olympics Kalinina won gold medals with the Russian national team.[3] At the 2019 World Championship she won bronze medals, beating Norway in the third place play-off.[10]

At the 2020 Olympics she won silver medals, losing to France in the final 25-30.[11] Kalinina had over the course of the tournament a save percentage of 24%.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Определен окончательный состав женской сборной России по гандболу на ОИ-2016". TASS. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ a b "Определен окончательный состав женской сборной России по гандболу на ОИ-2016" (in Russian). tass.ru. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Виктория Калинина: «Звезда» остается сильной командой" (in Russian). kubansport.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ "EHF-Profil Saison 2014/15". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Калинина, Жилинскайте и Кузнецова перешли из "Астраханочки" в "Кубань"" (in Russian). championat.com. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Torhüterin Kalinina zurück in Russlands Nationalteam" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Виктория Калинина – в «Ростов-Доне»!" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Золотая сборная семь лет спустя" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Russland sichert sich Bronzemedaille bei Handball-WM mit Sieg über Norwegen" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Cumulative Statistics: ROC" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.