Yevgeni Vasilyevich Chernyshov (russian: Евгений Васильевич Чернышёв, born February 22, 1947, in the village of Proletarsky,

Serpukhovsky District Serpukhovsky District (russian: Серпухо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #78/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. T ...

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Евгений Чернышев", availabl
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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 in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He trained at the

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces (russian: спортивные клубы Армии �КА} ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; russian: Физкультурно-спортив� ...

in Moscow. In 1976 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals. Four years later he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches.

References

External links

Yevgeny Chernyshov at databaseOlympics.com
1947 births Living people Soviet male handball players Russian male handball players Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub