Landysh Falyakhova Explained

Landysh Falyakhova
Birth Date:31 August 1998
Height Cm:158
Weight Kg:54
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
League:ZhHL
Team:Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Former Teams:SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
Sex:f
Ntl Team:RUS
Career Start:2013

Landysh Ilsurovna Falyakhova (; born 31 August 1998) is a Russian ice hockey player and member of the Russian national team, currently serving as an alternate captain of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

Playing career

Falyakhova made her senior club debut with the secondary team of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2013–14 Russian Women's Hockey League season. She was selected to the ZhHL All-Star Games in 2019, 2020, and 2022.[1] [2]

International play

As a junior ice hockey player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship tournaments in 2015 and 2016, winning a bronze medal in 2015.

Falyakhova won a gold medal with the Russian team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. She represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-12-05. Звездный состав самого красивого события года. All-Star cast for the most beautiful event of the year. 2021-12-26. Zhenskaya Hockey League. ru.
  2. Web site: 2021-12-09. Десять дебютанток, шесть постоянных участниц. Составы Востока и Запада на Матч Звезд ЖХЛ. Ten debutants, six consistent participants. East and West rosters for the ZhHL All-Star Game. 2021-12-26. Zhenskaya Hockey League. ru.
  3. Web site: 2021-08-31. IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: ROC - ROC. 2021-12-18. International Ice Hockey Federation.