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Maya Andreyevna Petrova (; née Kaverina; born 26 May 1982) is a former Russian
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player and current coach for
Rostov-Don Rostov-Don () is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2 ...
and the Russian national team. At the
2009 World Women's Handball Championship The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). P ...
she reached the final and won the gold medal with the Russian team. In addition to regular handball, Petrova also played
Beach handball Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...
.


Career

Petrova started playing handball at 11. At the age of 17 she joined the Russian top league team Aqva Volgograd. Here she won the 2001 Russian championship. In 2003 she joined
Rostov-Don Rostov-Don () is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2 ...
, where she played the rest of her career. During her 17 years at the club she won the Russian Cup 4 times, in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2015, and the Russian Championship 5 times; in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. She also won the 2017
EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...
. In May 2020 Petrova announced her retirement.


National team

At the 2009 World Championship she won gold medals with the Russian team. At the 2008 European Championship she won bronze medals. At the
2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in Rio she won gold medals. At the 2018 European Championship she won silver medals with the Russian team.


Coaching career

Until February 2023 she became the assistant coach at her former club
Rostov-Don Rostov-Don () is a professional female handball team from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Established in 1965, the club was called Rostselmash until 2002. Rostov-Don is competing in the Russian Super League. They have won the league seven times, in 1994, 2 ...
. From the 2022-23 season she instead became a coach on the Rostov youth team.


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* 1982 births Living people Russian female handball players Handball players from Volgograd Olympic handball players for Russia Olympic medalists in handball Olympic gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian sportswomen Beach handball players Russian handball coaches Female handball coaches {{Russia-handball-bio-stub