Mykhaylo Oleksiyovich Ishchenko (; born 19 May 1950) is a retired Soviet

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 ...

goalkeeper who competed in the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. He won several awards; such as gold medal in 1976, a silver in 1980 and placed fifth in 1972. He won another set of gold and silver medal at the world championships.

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1950 births Living people Soviet male handball players Ukrainian male handball players Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics ZTR players Friendship Games medalists in handball Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub