Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin (russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Горпишин, born January 20, 1970) 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 ...

player and Olympic champion from

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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 in

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with the Russian national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He was a squad member on the Unified Team that won a gold 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 ...

in Barcelona."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) But he did not play in a single match and did not receive a medal.

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1970 births Living people Russian male handball players Olympic handball players of 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 Chișinău Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub