Sergey Valentinovich Pogorelov (russian: Серге́й Валентинович Погорелов; June 2, 1974 in
Volgograd – April 24, 2019 in Volgograd)
В Волгограде сегодня не стало олимпийского чемпиона
was 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 and Olympic champion from 2000
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in Sydney.["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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in Athens
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with the Russian national team.["2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
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1974 births
2019 deaths
Russian male handball players
Olympic handball players for Russia
Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Volgograd
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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