Igor Chumak

Russian handball player (born 1964)

Igor Chumak
Chumak in 2018
Personal information
Full name Igor Vladimirovich Chumak
Born (1964-04-01) 1 April 1964 (age 61)
Vladivostok, Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years Team
1979-1980
Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
1980-1990
SKIF Krasnodar
1990-1992
Dynamo Astrakhan
1992-1996
Montpellier HB
1996-1999
ES Besançon
1999-2000
Girondins de Bordeaux HBC
2000
ASCA Wittelsheim
2000-2001
Eintracht Hildesheim
2001-2003
Sélestat AHB
2003-2005
Perpignan Handball
2005-2006
TV Willstätt
2005-2006
Bergischer HC
2010-2011
TV Willstätt
2011
TuS Helmlingen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
-1992
Soviet Union 145[1] (0)
1992
Unified team 7 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Czechoslovakia Team
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team

Igor Vladimirovich Chumak (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Чумак; born 1 April 1964 in Vladivostok) is a Russian team handball player. He became Olympic champion in 1988 with the Soviet Union national handball team and in 1992 with the Unified Team.[2]

The CIS team in 1992

Career

Chumak started his career in 1979 for Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan.[3] After one season he joined SKIF Krasnodar, where he finished 3rd in the Soviet Men's Handball Championship in both 1988 and 1989.

In May 1990 he returned to Dynamo Astrakhan, where he won the Soviet Championship in 1990, and came second in 1991. In the 1990-91 EHF Cup the team reached the semi final.

In 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union he joined French team Montpellier HB.[4] Here he won 1995 French Championship, which was the first in club history.

Igor Chumak in the Montpellier HB shirt (1995)

In 1996 he joined ES Besançon in the second tier.[4] In 1999 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC in the top division.[5]

In the 2000-01 season he played for German Bundesliga team Eintracht Hildesheim.[5] After a year he returned to Franch and joined [6]

After two years he joined Perpignan Handball in the third tier.[4] His last club was TV Willstädt in the 2nd Bundesliga.[4]

In the spring of 2007 he came out of retirement and joined Bergischer HC in the 2nd Bundesliga to replace the injured Ivan Zoubkoff.[4]

From October 2009 to the first half of the 2010-11 season he came out of retirement again to rejoin TV Willstädt.[7] In the second half of the 2010-11 season he joined TuS Helmlingen.[8]

National team

Chumak won the 1983 and 1985 World Junior Championship.

With the Soviet Union he won Gold medals at the 1988 Olympics and silver at the 1990 World Championship.[2][9]

At the 1992 Olympics he won gold medals with the Unified team[2]

Private

Chumak does also hold French citizenship.[4]

Titles

Club

References

  1. ^ "Statistiques de la CEI (ex-URSS) pour le Tournoi de Paris". Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral (in French) (275 ed.). Fédération française de handball. January 1992. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Profile: Igor Chumak Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)
  3. ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 2003. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Bernd Hamer (17 February 2009). Bergisches Olympiabuch Teil 1: Solingen und Remscheid: Die Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele, Paralympics und Deaflympics (in German). Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8370-5424-8.
  5. ^ a b "Gegnerkader Eintracht Hildesheim 2000/01". thw-provinzial.de (in German). Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Igor Tchoumak signe à Sélestat" (in French). handzone.net. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Igor Tchoumak wieder in Willstätt" (in German). handball-world.com. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Helmlingen verstärkt sich mit Igor Tchoumak". inter-d.net (in German). 7 January 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ^ Men's Handball World Championship 1990 - Todor66
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