Igor Vasilev
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''For the Russian former politician, see
Igor Vasilyev (politician) Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev (; born 31 May 1961), from September 19, 2017 to May 10, 2022 was the 5th Governor of the Kirov Oblast. From 2014 to 2016, he was the Head of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosre ...
.'' Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev (; 24 January 1966 – 26 May 2023) was a Russian
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...
player who competed for the Unified Team in the
1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
. He was born in
Volgograd Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...
. In 1992 he won the
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
with the Unified Team. He played all seven matches and scored two goals. upleft, The CIS team in 1992 Vasilyev died on 26 May 2023, at the age of 57.


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Igor Vasilyev's profile at Sports Reference.comInterview with Igor Vasilyev
1966 births 2023 deaths Russian male handball players Olympic handball players for the Unified Team Soviet male handball players Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Handball players from Volgograd Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Russian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Russian expatriate handball players in Germany Expatriate handball players in Spain Expatriate handball players in Switzerland Russian handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub