Elina Guseva ( az, ?, russian: Элина Гусева, born 20 January 1964) is an Azerbaijani and later

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

former

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 who competed for the

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in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and for the Unified Team in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. In 1988 she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. She played one match and scored one goal. Four years later she was a member of the Unified Team which won the bronze medal. She played all five matches and scored 14 goals.

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1964 births Living people Soviet female handball players Azerbaijani female handball players Russian female handball players Olympic handball players of the Soviet Union Olympic handball players of the Unified Team Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Azerbaijan-sport-bio-stub