Polina Kuznetsova

Polina Viktorovna Kuznetsova (, née Vyakhireva; born 10 June 1987) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and formerly the Russian national team.

National team She won gold medals with the Russian national team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2005 and 2007 world championships, and was included into the 2007 championship's All-Star Team. She retired from the national team, in August 2021.

She competes internationally alongside her sister Anna Vyakhireva.

Career Kuznetzova started for career at Dinamo Volgograd in 2002 before joining Rostov-Don after a single season. In 2004 she joined Handball Club Lada where she won the 2005 and 2006 Russian championship. In February 2007 she joined Zvezda Zvenigorod, where she won the 2007 Russian championship and EHF European League, the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014 Russian cup and the 2008 EHF Champions League.

In 2014 she joined HC Astrakhanochka, where she won the 2016 Russian championship.

After 2 years she joined HC Kuban Krasnodar. After a season she joined North Macedonian HC Vardar. Here she won the double in the single season she played at the club. She then returned to Rostov-Don. Here she won the 2019, 2020 and 2022 Russian championships.

Individual awards All-Star Left Wing of the World Championship: 2007 Team of the Tournament Left Wing of the Bucharest Trophy: 2014 All-Star Left Wing of the Summer Olympics: 2016, 2020