Leonid Ratner
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| Leonid Ratner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
26 December 1937 Kremenchuk, Ukraine SSR | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1996-2004 | Ukraine | ||
2011-2015 | Ukraine | ||
Medal record | |||
Leonid Anatolyevich Ratner (Ukrainian: Леонід Анатолійович Ратнер; born 26 December 1937) is a Ukrainian handball coach who has been the head coach for the Ukrainian women's national team over two periods from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2015.[1]
In 2000 he won silver medals with Ukraine at the 2000 European Championship,[2] losing to Hungary in extra time. This is Ukraine's best result to date.[3] In 2004 he coached the team to a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, losing to Denmark in the semifinal and beating France in the third place playoff.[4]
He was known for having load outburst, shouting at his players during matches, and in some instances even dismissing them during matches.[2][5]
