Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev (russian: Игорь Владимирович Васильев; born April 1, 1964) is a Russian 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 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 ...

. He was born in Volgograd. In 1992 he won the

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with the Unified Team. He played all seven matches and scored two goals.

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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