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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 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Irina Bliznova is the 382nd most popular handball player (down from 380th in 2024), the 3,585th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,511th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Russian Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Irina Bliznova ranks 382 out of 420. Before her are Grâce Zaadi, Patricia Elorza, Luc Steins, Magnus Saugstrup, Blandine Dancette, and Nándor Fazekas. After her are Heidi Astrup, Kristian Bjørnsen, Albin Lagergren, Lasse Boesen, Maya Petrova, and Amanda Kurtović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Irina Bliznova ranks 1,186. Before her are Sandra Auffarth, Tatiana Kosintseva, Eros Capecchi, Labinot Harbuzi, Oana Ban, and Carlos Villanueva. 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 3,585 out of 3,761. Before her are Sergey Karasev (1993), Tatiana Kosintseva (1986), Evgeny Tishchenko (1991), Sergey Chernetskiy (1990), Yana Kudryavtseva (1997), and Ivan Tkachenko (1979). After her are Lev Gorn (1971), Sofia Rudieva (1990), Angelina Melnikova (2000), Maria Kryuchkova (1988), Svetlana Sleptsova (1986), and Sergey Kamenskiy (1987).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Russia

Among handball players born in Russia, Irina Bliznova ranks 19. 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), Aleksey Rastvortsev (1978), Yekaterina Marennikova (1982), and Anna Sen (1990).

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