Anna Sen

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Anna Sen

| fullname = Anna Sergeyevna Sen

| image = Анна Сень (cropped).jpg

| caption = Sen after receiving a Russian state award

| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|12|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Krasnodar, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub = Rostov-Don

| clubnumber = 8

| years1 = 2004–2010

| clubs1 = HC Kuban Krasnodar

| years2 = 2010–2011

| clubs2 = Zvezda Zvenigorod

| years3 = 2011–2014

| clubs3 = Rostov-Don

| years4 = 2014–2015

| clubs4 = Győri ETO KC

| years5 = 2015–

| clubs5 = Rostov-Don

| nationalyears1 = 2008–

| nationalteam1 = Russia

| nationalcaps1 = 158

| nationalgoals1 = 387

| ntupdate = 1 July 2021

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{flagIOC|ROC|2020 Summer}} }}

{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}

}}

Anna Sergeyevna Sen ({{lang-rus|Анна Сергеевна Сень||ˈanːə ˈsʲenʲ}}; born 3 December 1990) is a Russian handball player for Rostov-Don and the Russian national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/526086|title=Anna Sen Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=13 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/RUS-R.pdf|title=2014 European Championship Roster|website=handball.sportresult.com|publisher=EHF|accessdate=7 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204746/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14W/PDF/RUS-R.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Career

Sen played until 2010 for HC Kuban Krasnodar, where she joined league rivals Zvezda Zvenigorod. A year later she joined Rostov-Don. In 2014-15 she moved to Hungarian handball and joined Győri ETO KC.{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-3-20430.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=CL-Sieger Györ rüstet weiter auf|access-date=22 May 2014|language=de}} She played a single season for the club, where she won the Hungarian cup.

In 2015 she returned to Rostov-Don.{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-3-24190.html|publisher=handball-world.com|title=Katrine Lunde will nach einjähriger Pause wieder voll angreifen|access-date=7 September 2015|language=de}} Here she won the 2017 EHF European League and the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 Russian championship.

National team

Sen has played over 150 matches for the Russian national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/d163d492-68ad-402e-b701-50c0c75a6136/pdf/Provisional/ROC.pdf?n=1625164251 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=Olympic Games Tokyo 2020|access-date=1 July 2021}}

With the Russian youth national team she won the 2008 Youth World Championship.{{cite web | url=http://www.frauenhandballturnier.de/index.php?id=72 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820085848/http://www.frauenhandballturnier.de/index.php?id=72|archive-date=20 August 2010 | title=Sika-Cup}} A year later she came third in the 2009 Junior European Championship, and was top scorer at the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.aksport.ru/index.php?news=off&year=09&paper=on&num=35&script=sc20 |title=АННА СЕНЬ: "БРОНЗОВАЯ ДРАМА В НЕДЕЛЮ КАРНАВАЛОВ"|publisher=AKsport}} She also won silver medals at the 2010 U20 World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-2-28-10010.html |publisher=handball-world.com|title=Norwegen erstmals U20-Weltmeister, Silber für Russland|access-date=3 January 2017|language=de}}

With the senior team she won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics.

Two years later she won silver medals at the 2018 European Championship, losing to France in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/french-girls-take-european-crown-for-the-first-time/ |publisher=handball-planet.com|title=French girls take European crown for the first time!|access-date=18 December 2018|language=en}}

At the 2019 World Championship she won bronze medals, beating Norway in the third place play-off.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-39070.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Russland sichert sich Bronzemedaille bei Handball-WM mit Sieg über Norwegen|access-date=25 December 2019|language=de}} She scored 35 goals during the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-23-39077.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Torschützinnen der Handball-WM: Abbingh fährt Koreanerin Ryu noch ab|access-date=25 December 2019|language=de}}

A year later she won silver medals at the 2020 Olympics, once again losing to France.{{cite news|url=https://www.handball-world.news/o.red.r/news-1-2-26-43298.html |publisher=handball-world.news|title=Doppel-Gold in Tokio: Frankreich holt sich auch bei den Frauen den Olympiasieg|access-date=8 August 2021|language=de}} Sen scored 8 goals during the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/d163d492-68ad-402e-b701-50c0c75a6136/pdf/ROCTOTAL.PDF?n=1628420639 |publisher=International Handball Federation|website=ihf.info|title=Cumulative Statistics: ROC|access-date=8 August 2021}}