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Igor Vasilev
Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev (russian: Игорь Владимирович Васильев; born April 1, 1964) is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born in Volgograd. In 1992 he won the gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ... with the Unified Team. He played all seven matches and scored two goals. External linksprofile 1964 births Living people Russian male handball players Olympic handball players of the Unified Team Soviet male handball players Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Volgograd {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins. Modern handball is played on a court of , with a goal in the middle of each end. The goals are surrounded by a zone where only the defending goalkeeper is allowed; goals must be scored by throwing the ball from outside the zone or while "diving" into it. The sport is usually played indoors, but outdoor variants exist in the forms of field handball, Czech handball (which were more common in the past) and beach handball. The game is fast and high-scoring: professional teams now typically score between 20 and 35 goals each, though lower scores were not uncommon until a few decades ago. Body contact is permitted for the def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
