Mariya Sidorova

Mariya Sidorova
Sidorova in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMaria Igorevna Sidorova
NationalityRussian
Born (1979-11-21) 21 November 1979 (age 46)
Balashikha, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionGoalkeeper
Current clubRetired
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
-2001Veshnyaki
2001-2012Handball Club Lada
2012-2015Handball Club Lada
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 RussiaTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 FranceTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 SwedenTeam

Mariya Igorevna Sidorova (Russian: Мария Игоревна Сидорова; born 21 November 1979) is a Russian handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won the gold medal with the Russian winning team in the 2007 World Championship.

She is currently the Team Leader of the Russia women's national team.

Career

Sidorova started playing handball at the Moscow club Veshnyaki. In 2001 she joined Lada Togliatti She played for 11 years in Lada Togliatti, where she won the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 Russian championships, before moving to Zvezda Zvenigorod in Summer 2012. Here she won the Russian cup in 2014. In 2015 she retired from handball.

References

  1. ↑ "Oroszország" (in Hungarian). handball.hu. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  2. ↑ "Мария Сидорова: «Старший сын не представляет свою жизнь без хоккея»" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Titelträger Russland (Frauen)" (in German). bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "After 11 years in Lada, Maria Sidorova joins Zvezda Zvenigorod". Borjan Zafirovski. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Балашихинская гандболистка Мария Сидорова — о себе, семье и Олимпиаде" (in Russian). bbnews.ru. Retrieved 29 August 2018.