Dmitry Filippov (russian: Дмитрий Рудольфович Филиппов; born 19 May 1969 in

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...

) is a Russian

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 g ...

player. He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney, where Russia won the gold medal.

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1969 births Living people Russian male handball players Olympic handball players of Russia Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Krasnodar Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub