Pavel Alekseyevich Sukosyan (russian: Павел Алексеевич Сукосян; born 14 January 1962) 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 The Russia national handball team (russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Uk ...

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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* 1962 births Living people Russian sportspeople of Armenian descent Russian male handball players Olympic handball players for 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