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Olga Akopyan
Akopyan in 2016
Personal information
Born 4 March 1985 (1985-03-04) (age 40)
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–
 Russia youth
2022–2024
 CSKA Moscow
2024–
 Zvezda Zvenigorod
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 France
Gold medal – first place 2009 China
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2006 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Macedonia

Olga Sergeyevna Akopyan (Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Акопян; née Levina on 4 March 1985) is a retired Russian handball player and current coach, 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.[1][2]

She is currently the head coach for Zvezda Zvenigorod in the Russian Super League and the assistant coach in the Russia women's national handball team.[3][4]

Playing Career

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Between 2002 and 2015 she played for Dinamo Volgograd. After the 2012 Olympics she married Eduard Akopyan, and in 2013 gave birth to a daughter Arina. She returned to training in November 2013.[1] With Dinamo Volgograd she won the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 Russian championship and the 2008 EHF European League.

In 2015 she joined Lada Togliatti for a single season.[5] She retired in 2016 after winning Olympic gold.[6]

Coaching career

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In 2019 she became the assistant coach at CSKA Moscow.[7] After CSKA Moscow had fired their coach Jan Leslie in March 2021, she became the interim head coach at the team.[8] Under her guidance the team won the 2021 Russian championship. After the season she returned to be the assistant, but in 2022 she once again stepped up to be the head coach.[9] This time she won the Russian championship and cup double in both 2023 and 2024.[10][11][12][13] After the 2023-24 season she stopped as the coach of the club.[14] Afterwards she became the head coach at Zvezda Zvenigorod.[4]

In february 2021 she became the assistant at the Russia women's team.[3] From 2022 she became the coach of the Russia youth team.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ a b "Алексей Алексеев возглавил женскую сборную России" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "HC Zvezda announced the new head coach — the Olympic champion of Rio Olga Akopyan will head the team from Zvenigorod". Handballfast. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Со знаком «плюс»" (in Russian). handball.ru. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Гандболистка Ольга Акопян заявила о завершении спортивной карьеры" (in Russian). gamesputnik.ru. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Дарья Дмитриева поведет ЦСКА к победе в Лиге чемпионов" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  8. ^ "ПГК ЦСКА меняет главного тренера". whccska.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Ольга Акопян назначена главным тренером ЦСКА" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Тренер ЦСКА Ольга Акопян: благодарна девчонкам, что на характере выиграли Кубок России" (in Russian). championat.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Армейский дубль. Вслед за мужским ЦСКА чемпионами стали девушки" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Кубок России. Столичный ЦСКА завоевал титул три раза подряд и повторил достижение "Звезды". Рекорд у "Ростова" — семь побед кряду" (in Russian). handballfast.com. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Долгая дорога к золоту. ЦСКА победил во втором овертайме" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Эдуард Акопян, Ольга Акопян и Людмила Бодниева покидают ЦСКА". whccska.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Золотая сборная семь лет спустя" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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