Russia women's national handball team
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| Association | Handball Union of Russia | ||
| Coach | Yevgeni Trefilov | ||
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| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2008) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2016) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1994) | ||
| Best result | 2nd (2006) | ||
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team |
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2008 Beijing | Team |
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2001 Italy | |
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2005 Russia | |
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2007 France | |
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2009 China | |
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2006 Sweden | |
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2000 Romania | |
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2008 Macedonia | |
The Russia women's national handball team is the national team of Russia. It is governed by the Handball Union of Russia and takes part in international handball competitions.
They are as of January 2011, the only handball team on the women's and men's side in the world, to have won the World Championship three consecutive times. Team Russia finally won their first gold at the 2016 Olympics, defeating France in the final.
The Russian women's national handball team was formed in 1993 as the successor Soviet Union women's national handball team, one of the strongest handball teams. Notwithstanding the third place at the 1992 Summer Olympics as Unified Team, Russia in the following eight years could not qualify to the Olympic Games.
In this period the Russian team saw four changes of coaches, who retired after failing on large events. The only striking performance was at the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship, where Russia under Igor Eskov, coach of the Rostov club Istochnik, became 4th, and two Russian handball players, Natalya Malakhova and Natalya Deryugina, were included into the All-Star team. However, already in the next year at the 1998 European Women's Handball Championship in the Netherlands, Russia became only 9th, and at the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, under Kuban's Alexander Tarasikov and head coach of the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics, just 12th.
In late 1999, Tarasikov was replaced by Evgeny Trefilov, the club coach of Lada. He introduced younger players to the national team and concentrated more on national club players. At the 2000 World Championship, Russia became bronze medalist.
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