Aleksandr Rymanov
Soviet handball player
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Aleksandr Anatolevich Rymanov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Рыманов, born August 25, 1959) is a former Soviet/Russian handball player, who won both Olympic and World Cup gold medals.
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Rymanov in 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aleksandr Anatolevich Rymanov | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 August 1959 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 197 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
–1989 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||
1989–1994 | OSC Rheinhausen | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
– | Soviet Union | 206[1] | (?) | |||||||||||||||||
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1994–1995 | OSC Rheinhausen (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
1995–1998 | OSC Rheinhausen | |||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | TUSEM Essen | |||||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | GWD Minden | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | TSG Friesenheim | |||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | GWD Minden | |||||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Russia men (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals.[2] In 1988 he won the Olympic gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 18 goals.
Career
He started playing handball aged 8 at CSKA Moscow. Here he won the Soviet Men's Handball Championship several times, as well as the 1986 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 European Cup.[1] After 21 years at the club he left for the German 2nd Bundesliga team OSC Rheinhausen. He helped them getting promoted to the handball-Bundesliga in 1993, but they were relegated just the season after.[3] He then retired and became the assistant coach at the club.[3] A year later he was promoted to head coach of the club, where he was until 1998.
He then held several different coaching positions in the German 1st and 2nd Bundesliga.[4] In 2012 he became the assistant coach at the Russia men's national handball team.[5] He left this position after the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[6]
Titles
- Soviet Men's Handball Championship (6): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987
- Soviet Men's Handball Cup (3): 1984, 1985, 1986
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 1987
- EHF Champions League:
