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

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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 in

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. 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.

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