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Olga Akopyan
Akopyan in 2016
Personal information
Born	4 March 1985 (1985-03-04) (age 39) Volgograd, RSFSR, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2002–2015	Dinamo Volgograd
2015–2016	Lada Togliatti
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2016	Russia	133	(367)
Teams managed
2019–2022	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021–	Russia (assistant)
2022–	CSKA Moscow
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2007 France 2009 China European Championship 2006 Sweden 2008 Macedonia

Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Акопян; née Levina on 4 March 1985) is a retired Russian handball player who last played for Lada Togliatti and the Russian national handball team. She won the world title in 2007 and 2009 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016, placing eighth in 2012.

After the 2012 Olympics she married Eduard Akopyan, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter Arina. She returned to training in November 2013.

She is currently the head coach for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League and the assistant coach in the Russia women's national handball team.

References

1. ^ "Olga Akopian". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olga Levina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.

External links

• Olga Akopian at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
• Olga Akopian at Olympics.com
• Olga Levina-Akopyan at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Russia squad – Women's handball – 2007 World Championship – (3rd Title)
1 Suslina 2 Vyakhireva 3 Poltoratskaya 4 Romenskaya 5 Postnova 6 Kareyeva 8 Andryushina 9 Uskova 10 Polenova 11 Turey 15 Shipilova 16 Sidorova 17 Levina 18 Muravyova 19 Dmitriyeva 24 Bliznova Coach: Trefilov

v t e Russia squad – Women's handball – 2009 World Championship – (4th title)
1 Suslina 5 Postnova 6 Dronina 7 Dmitriyeva 11 Levina 13 Yartseva 14 Makeyeva 15 Petrova 16 Sedoykina 17 Andryushina 18 Bliznova 19 Vetkova 21 Zhilinskayte 24 Koroleva 25 Turey 26 Khmyrova Head Coach: Trefilov

v t e Russia squad – Women's handball – 2011 World Championship – 6th place
2 Kuznetsova 5 Postnova 7 Bodniyeva 9 Uskova 10 Davydenko 11 Levina 12 Sedoykina 15 Shipilova 16 Sidorova 17 Andryushina 19 Muravyova 21 Zhilinskayte 24 Bliznova 25 Turey 26 Khmyrova 29 Chernoivanenko Coach: Trefilov

v t e Russia squad – Women's handball – 2012 Summer Olympics – 8th place
5 Postnova 7 Bodniyeva 10 Davydenko 11 Levina 12 Sedoykina 15 Shipilova 16 Sidorova 18 Muravyova 21 Zhilinskayte 22 Marennikova 24 Bliznova 25 Turey 26 Khmyrova 29 Chernoivanenko Head Coach: Trefilov

v t e Russia squad – Women's handball – 2015 World Championship – 5th place
1 Sedoykina 2 Kuznetsova 4 Zhilinskayte 7 Dmitriyeva 8 Sen 10 Levina 13 Vyakhireva 17 Bobrovnikova 19 Makeyeva 22 Marennikova 24 Bliznova 25 Chernoivanenko 33 Ilyina 81 Atkova 84 Erokhina 99 Khmyrova Coach: Trefilov

v t e Russia squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (1st title)
1 Sedoykina 2 Kuznetsova 7 Dmitrieva 8 Sen 10 Akopyan 13 Vyakhireva 15 Sudakova 17 Bobrovnikova 21 Zhilinskayte 22 Marennikova 24 Bliznova 33 Ilyina 77 Petrova 84 Erokhina 88 Kalinina Head Coach: Trefilov

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