Igor Vladimirovich Chumak (russian: Игорь Владимирович Чумак, born 1 April 1964 in
Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...
) is a Russian
team 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 became Olympic champion in
1988
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with the
Soviet Union national handball team, and in
1992
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with the
Unified Team.
[Profile: Igor Chumak]
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1964 births
Living people
Soviet male handball players
Russian male handball players
Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
Olympic handball players for the Unified Team
Olympic medalists in handball
Sportspeople from Vladivostok
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Goodwill Games medalists in handball
Goodwill Games gold medalists
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Expatriate handball players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in France
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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