Nadezhda Muravyova
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Muravyova (; born 30 June 1980 in Bratsk, Russia) is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won a gold medal with the Russian winning team in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship. At the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship in Macedonia, she received a bronze medal; she was also named "Best Defense Player". She competed at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, where the Russian team placed 6th. Life and career. Nadezhda Muravyova started with gymnastics before moving to handball later in her  life. She started training handball at her age of 13, in Akwa Volgograd. Her first coach was Vladimir Fedorovic Civikov. She played for AKWA from 1996-2002. Then she left this team and went to Lada Togliatti. Nadezhda has had a rich handball career. 1998 - won bronze medal on European Junior Handball Championship in Slovakia 1998 - won bronze medal in Russian league 2000 - won bronze medal on European Handball Championship in Romania "2001 - Became World Champion in Italy"' 1999, 2000, 2001 Russian Champion with the team of Akwa and in 2003, 2004, 2005 with LADA 2007 - won the silver medal  with Lada in Russian Championship 2007 - Played with Lada in the final of the Champions League "2007- Again World Champion" 2008 - won bronze medal on European Handball Championship in Fyr Macedonia 2009 - Once more WORLD CHAMPION She is also Master of the Sport (this award she won for the great matches that she showed in 2001). Currently she is an expert at the web-site