Maya Petrova

Maya Andreyevna Petrova (; née Kaverina; born 26 May 1982) is a former Russian handball player and current coach for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.

At the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship she reached the final and won the gold medal with the Russian team.

In addition to regular handball, Petrova also played Beach handball.

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, 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.

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 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. From the 2022-23 season she instead became a coach on the Rostov youth team.