Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin (born 15 July 1964) is a Russian
team handball
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player and Olympic champion from
2000
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in Sydney.
["2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) He received a bronze medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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with the
Russian national team.
["2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
He participated on the
Soviet
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team that won gold medals at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in Seoul.
["1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
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1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lviv
Soviet male handball players
Russian male handball players
Olympic handball players for Russia
Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Belarusian male handball players
Goodwill Games medalists in handball
Goodwill Games gold medalists
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
Russian handball coaches
Expatriate handball players
Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
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