Anna Kurepta

Anna Filippova

Personal information
Full name	Anna Yevgenyevna Filippova
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 43)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Youth career
Years	Team
1998–2001	HC Kuban Krasnodar
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2001–2006	HC Kuban Krasnodar
2006–2008	Zvezda Zvenigorod
National team Years Team 1997–2006  Russia
Medal record World Championship Russia 2005 National Team

Anna Yevgenyevna Filippova (née Kurepta, Russian: Анна Евгеньевна Филиппова, born 3 November 1982) is a Russian former handball player. She was part of the Russian team that won the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship.

Career

Filippova started playing handball at the age of 8. her career at HC Kuban Krasnodar, where she played until 2006. She then joined Zvezda Zvenigorod, where she won the Russian Women's Handball Super League in 2007, and the 2008 Champions League. She retired after the 2007-08 season.

National team

Filippova played for the Russian youth national teamm between 1997 and 2001, with whom she won gold at the 2001 U20 Handball World Championship.

In 2004 she represented Russia at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship, where Russia finished 4th, losing to Denmark in the semifinal and to Hungary in the third place play-off.

With the Russian senior team she won a gold medal at the 2005 World Championship at home. She played 6 games, scoring 9 goals.

Private

She is married to the Russian handballer Vasily Filippov.

After her handball career she has worked at an orphanage.

References

External links

• EHF Profile
• Profile on Handball Federation of Russia, (in Russian)