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Irina Bliznova

1986 - Today

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Irina Yuryevna Bliznova (Russian: Ирина Юрьевна Близнова, born 6 October 1986) is a Russian former handball player, who played for Lada Togliatti her entire career. She won the gold medal at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012. She announced her retirement shortly after the 2016 Olympics, but unretired for the 2019-20 season. After the season she retired for good. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irina Bliznova is the 341st most popular handball player (up from 370th in 2019), the 3,408th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,511th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Irina Bliznova ranks 341 out of 420. Before her are Kari Brattset Dale, Grâce Zaadi, Patricia Elorza, Luc Steins, Magnus Saugstrup, and Blandine Dancette. After her are Kristian Bjørnsen, Albin Lagergren, Lasse Boesen, Maya Petrova, Amanda Kurtović, and Emiliya Turey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Irina Bliznova ranks 1,121. Before her are Víctor de la Parte, Sandra Auffarth, Tatiana Kosintseva, Eros Capecchi, Labinot Harbuzi, and Oana Ban. After her are Karri Rämö, Paulo Obradović, Berat Sadik, Daniel Cambronero, Kenza Farah, and Elsad Zverotić.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irina Bliznova ranks 3,406 out of 3,761. Before her are Tatiana Kosintseva (1986), Evgeny Tishchenko (1991), Sergey Chernetskiy (1990), and Yana Kudryavtseva (1997). After her are Sofia Rudieva (1990), Angelina Melnikova (2000), Maria Kryuchkova (1988), Svetlana Sleptsova (1986), Sergey Kamenskiy (1987), Nikolay Spinyov (1974), Arina Rodionova (1989), and Aleksey Kuleshov (1979).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Russia

Among handball players born in Russia, Irina Bliznova ranks 17. Before her are Yekaterina Andryushina (1985), Victoriya Kalinina (1988), Oksana Romenskaya (1976), Yana Uskova (1985), Mikhail Chipurin (1980), and Mariya Sidorova (1979). After her are Maya Petrova (1982), Emiliya Turey (1984), Anna Sedoykina (1984), Yekaterina Marennikova (1982), Anna Sen (1990), and Daria Dmitrieva (1995).

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