Igor Vladimirovich Chumak (; born 1 April 1964 in

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) is a Russian

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player. He became Olympic champion in

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with the Soviet Union national handball team and in

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with the Unified Team.Profile: Igor Chumak
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 19 December 2008) upleft, The CIS team in 1992

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