Yulia Markova

Yulia Markova (born 10 August 1996) is a Russian handball player for CSKA Moscow and the Russian national team.

Club career Dynamo Volgograd Markova started her handball career at her hometown club HC Dinamo Volgograd, where she won the Russian Championship in the 2013-14. The following seasons the team had to release a lot of key players for economic reasons. At the beginning of the 2017-18, she was elected captain of the team based on seniority, already at the age of 21.

CSKA In 2019 she joined CSKA Moscow. Here she won the Russian championship in 2021. The same season they reached the final four of the Champions League, where they lost to eventual winners Vipers Kristiansand. In the following seasons she won the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Russian Championships and the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Russian cup.

National team Markova played at various Russian youth teams where she won silver medals at the 2013 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, 2014 Summer Youth Olympic, 2015 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

She made he debut for the Russian senior team in 2017.