Vasily Kudinov (17 February 1969 – 11 February 2017) was 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, born in

Ilyinka Ilyinka (russian: Ильинка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities Altai Krai As of 2012, two rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name: * Ilyinka, Shelabolikhinsky District, Altai Krai, a '' selo'' i ...

Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, ''Astrakhanskaya oblast'', , ''Astrakhan oblysy'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. He participated in three Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal. At 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 won a gold medal with the

Unified Team at the Olympics The Unified Team (russian: Объединённая команда) was the name used for the sports team of the former Soviet Union (except the Baltic states) at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ...

. 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. Kudinov died on 11 February 2017, six days prior to his 48th birthday, in

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

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* 1969 births 2017 deaths People from Astrakhan Oblast Russian male handball players Olympic handball players of the Unified Team Soviet male handball players Olympic handball players of Russia Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 the Unified Team Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Astrakhan Oblast {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub