Yury Mikhailovich Klimov (russian: Юрий Михайлович Климов; 22 July 1940 – 17 October 2022) was a Soviet and 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 who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and 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 ...

. Klimov was born in Ukhta on 22 July 1940.Klimov's profile in the Great Olympic Encyclopedia
/ref> He trained in Moscow and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1973. Klimov played 173 matches for the USSR National Team. At the

he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth. He played all six matches and scored seven goals. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. He coached from 1979, and latterly served as the coach of the Iran men's national handball team. Klimov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976. Klimov died on 17 October 2022, at the age of 82.

Coaching career

* Iran men's national handball team (2006–08) * Zob Ahan Esfahan (2009–20??)

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1940 births 2022 deaths Soviet male handball players Russian male handball players Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball People from Ukhta Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Komi Republic Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub