Landysh Falyakhova

Landysh Ilsurovna Falyakhova (Russian: Ландыш Ильсуровна Фаляхова; 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).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Ilsurovna and the family name is Falyakhov, also romanized as Faliakhov.
Landysh Falyakhova
Ландыш Фаляхова
Born (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998
Dva Polya Artash, Sabinsky District, Tatarstan, Russia
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb; 8 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
ZhHL team
Former teams		 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
National team  Russia
Playing career 2013–present
Medal record
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2019 KrasnoyarskIce hockey

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]

References
  1. "Звездный состав самого красивого события года" [All-Star cast for the most beautiful event of the year]. Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "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]. Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: ROC - ROC". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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