Valeria Merkusheva | |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1999 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Height M: | 1.68 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
League: | ZhHL |
Team: | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | RUS |
Career Start: | 2016 |
Valeria Sergeyevna Merkusheva (also romanized Valeriya Sergeevna; born 20 September 1999) is a Russian ice hockey goaltender and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.
Merkusheva represented Russia at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. She played under the banner of 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.[1] [2]