Yevgeni Vasilyevich Chernyshov (, born February 22, 1947, in the village of Proletarsky,

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former

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player who competed in the

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and in the

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. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in

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. In 1976 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals. Four years later he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal. He played all six matches.

References

External links

Yevgeny Chernyshov at databaseOlympics.com
1947 births Living people Soviet male handball players Russian male handball players Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople 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 Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub