# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irina-bliznova
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:20:26.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irina-bliznova"
name: "Irina Bliznova"
slug: "irina-bliznova"
description: "Irina Yuryevna Bliznova is a Russian former handball player, who played for Lada Togliatti her entire career. She won the gold medal at the 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2016 Rio Olympics, placing second in 2008 and eighth in 2012. She announced her retirement shortly after the 2016 Olympics, but unretired for the 2019-20 season. After the season she retired for good. She won the 2005, 2006 and 2008 Russian championships, and reached the final of the 2007 EHF Champions League."
tagline: "Russian handball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irina_Bliznova_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1986-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.195663397005679
  historical:           17.27793466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伊琳娜·布利兹诺娃"
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    title: "إيرينا بليزنوفا"
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    title: "ايرينا بليزنوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Blisnova"
    title: "Irina Blisnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Jurjewna_Blisnowa"
    title: "Irina Jurjewna Blisnowa"
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    title: "Իրինա Բլիզնովա"
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    title: "Irina Bliznova"
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    title: "Irina Bliznova"
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    title: "Irina Bliznowa"
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    title: "Irina Bliznova"
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    title: "Близнова Ірина Валеріївна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Bliznova"
    title: "Irina Bliznova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump