Nadezhda Muravyova


Nadezhda Konstantinovna Muravyova ( is a Russian former team handball player and current coach. As a player she featured in the Russian women's national handball team. 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".
She also participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, where the Russian team won sixth place.
She is currently the assistant coach of CSKA Moscow.

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. 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.

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