Regina Zygmanto Kalinichenko (née Shymkute, born 21 December 1985) is a Ukrainian-Russian former handballer playing 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 ...

. She announced her retirement in May 2020.

Personal life

Regina was born on 21 December 1985 in

Kherson Kherson (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and , , ) is a port city in southern Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper, Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-bui ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

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to a Lithuanian father and an

ethnic Russian The Russian diaspora is the global community of ethnic Russians. The Russian-speaking (''Russophone'') diaspora are the people for whom Russian language is the native language, regardless of whether they are ethnic Russians or not. History ...

mother. In March 2012, she gained Russian citizenship and renounced her

Ukrainian citizenship Ukrainian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds nationality of Ukraine. The primary law governing these requirements is the law "On Citizenship of Ukraine", which came into force on 1 March 2001. Any person born to at ...

. On 19 April 2017, she gave birth to her daughter Taisia.

Individual awards

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

Top Scorer: 2013

References

External links

Regina Kalinichenko at Rostov-Don website
Sportspeople from Kherson 1985 births Living people Russian female handball players Ukrainian female handball players Lviv State University of Physical Culture alumni Expatriate handball players in Romania Expatriate handball players in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Ukrainian emigrants to Russia SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players Naturalized citizens of Russia Ukrainian people of Lithuanian descent Ukrainian people of Russian descent Russian people of Lithuanian descent Ukrainian expatriate handball players Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Russia-handball-bio-stub