Nadezhda Muravyova

Nadezhda Konstantinovna Muravyova (Russian: Надежда Константиновна Муравьёва is a Russian former team handball player and current coach. As a player she featured in the Russian women's national handball team.^[1] She was born on June 30, 1980, in Bratsk, Russia. She won gold medals with the Russian team in the 2007 and 2009 World Championships. At the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in North Macedonia, she received a bronze medal, where she was also named "Best Defense Player".^[2]

Nadezhda Muravyova
Personal information
Full name	Nadezhda Konstantinovna Muravyova
Born	(1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 45) Bratsk, Uzbekistan
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right back
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996-2002	Aqva Volgograd
2002-2015	Lada Togliatti
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Russia	169	(304)
Teams managed
2024-	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
Medal record World Championship 2001 Italy Team 2007 France Team 2009 China Team European Championship 2000 Romania Team 2008 Macedonia Team

Muravyova during a match

She also participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil,^[3] where the Russian team won sixth place.

She is currently the assistant coach of CSKA Moscow.^[4]

Life and career

Muravyova started her sports career as a gymnastic before moving to handball.

She began handball training at the age of 13 in Akwa Volgograd. Her first coach was Vladimir Fedorovic Civikov. With Volgograd she won the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Russian championship. She played for AKWA from 1996 to 2002, and since played with HC Lada Togliatti for the rest of her career.^[5] With HC Lada Togliatti she won the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Russian championship and the 2012 and 2014 EHF European League. In the 2005-06 season she took a break from handball due to pregnancy. She retired after the 2014-15 season.

For the 2024-25 season she became the assistant coach at CSKA Moscow.^[4]

Awards and titles

• 1998 - bronze medalist, European Junior Handball Championship in Slovakia
• 1998 - bronze medalist, Russian league
• 1999 - winner of the Russian Championship with Akwa Volgograd
• 2000 - bronze medalist, European Handball Championship in Romania
• 2000 - winner of the Russian Championship with Akwa Volgograd
• 2001 - winner of the Russian Championship with Akwa Volgograd
• 2001 - winner of the World Women's Handball Championship
• 2003 - winner of the Russian Championship with HC Lada Togliatti
• 2004 - winner of the Russian Championship with HC Lada Togliatti
• 2005 - winner of the Russian Championship with HC Lada Togliatti
• 2007 - silver medalist with HC Lada Togliatti in the Russian Championship
• 2007- winner of the World Women's Handball Championship
• 2008 - bronze medalist, European Handball Championship in Fyr Macedonia
• 2009 - winner of the World Women's Handball Championship