Maryna Bazanova
# Maryna Bazanova

Maryna Bazanova (Ukrainian: Марина Базанова, 25 December 1962 – 27 April 2020) was a Ukrainian handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Bazanova was born in Omsk and played for Spartak Kiev, TuS Walle Bremen and Werder Bremen. In 1988 she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored 13 goals.

Four years later she was a member of the Unified Team which won the bronze medal. She played all five matches and scored 19 goals.

She also won the World Women's Handball Championship three times, in 1982, 1986 and 1990.

She died in Bremen, Germany.

