Tatyana Khmyrova

Tatyana Khmyrova
Personal information
Full name Tatyana Yevgenyevna Khmyrova
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2005–2013
Dinamo Volgograd
2013–2018
HC Vardar
2018–2019
Siófok KC
2020–2021
Balonmano Salud Tenerife
2022–
O.F.N. Ionias
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2019
Russia 58 (182)
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 China
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2008 Macedonia

Tatyana Yevgenyevna Khmyrova (Russian: Татьяна Евгеньевна Хмырова; born 6 February 1990)[1] is a Russian handballer.

National team

She played for the Russian national team since the younger age categories and won the Youth World Championship in 2008. In addition, she was named the MVP of the tournament.[2] Khmyrova made her senior debut in the same year at the 2008 European Championship, where she collected the bronze medal. In the following year at the World Championship, Tatyana was part of the gold medal winning team, and participated at the European Championship in 2010, finishing seventh.[3] She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,[4] where the Russian team placed 6th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Russian finished 8th.[5]

Club career

Khmyrova played first for HC Dinamo Volgograd from 2005, where she made her debut at the age of 16.[6] In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 she won the Russian Championship.[7]

In 2013 she joined Macedonian HC Vardar,[8] where she won the Macedonian Championship and Cup double five times in a row from 2014 to 2018.

Afterwards she joined Hungarian Siófok KC.[9] In her first season at the club, she won the EHF Cup. Due to knee injuries, she took a break from handball in 2019.[10]

For the 2020-21 season she joined Spanish side Balonmano Salud Tenerife.[11] She left the team in 2021, when the club had economic trouble and therefore could not pay wages on time. Afterwards she joined the coaching staff of her former club HC Vardar.[12] In 2022 she joined Greek team O.F.N. Ionias.

Achievements

Club

National team

Awards and recognition

  • Most Valuable Player of the Youth World Championship: 2008

References

  1. ↑ "Tatiana Khmyrova Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Russia earn Women's Youth World Championship title". International Handball Federation. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Official squad 2012 Women's EHF European Championship Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brasil – Team Roster Russia" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tatyana Khmyrova Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Statistics - Tatiana Khmyrova – EHF CL 2005/06
  7. ↑ Young stars and a tall shooter
  8. ↑ "Russisk bagspiller til Vardar" (in Danish). hbold.dk. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Top Players in Siófok, Penezic and Khmyrova Sign". siofokkc.hu. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Tatiana Khmyrova egy időre visszavonul az élsporttól" (in Hungarian). sportkatlan.hu. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tatiana Khmyrova, el nuevo fichaje del Balonmano Salud Tenerife" (in Spanish). eldorsal.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Балканы. 24rakomet.mk: россиянка Татьяна Хмырова покинула "Тенерифе" и вошла в тренерский штаб женской команды "Вардара"". handballfast.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.