Valery Gopin

Valery Gopin
Personal information
Born	(1964-05-08) 8 May 1964 (age 61) Seltso, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1981-1991	Dynamo Chelyabinsk
1991-1994	Club Maristas Málaga
1994-1996	SC Merano
1996-1997	SG Leutershausen
1997-1998	VfL Gummersbach
1998-?	SG Hameln
–	SG Kronau-Östringen
2001-2003	SC Merano
National team
Years	Team
0000-1992	Soviet Union
1992	Unified Team	7	(27)
1992-?	Russia
Teams managed
2003-2006	Dynamo Chelyabinsk
2006	Eintracht Hildesheim
Medal record Men's Handball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championships 1990 Czechoslovakia Team Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Russia World Championships 1993 Sweden Team 1997 Japan Team 1999 Egypt Team European Championship 1996 Spain Team 1994 Portugal Team

Valery Pavlovich Gopin (Russian: Валерий Павлович Гопин, born 8 May 1964) is a Russian handball player. He became Olympic champion in 1988 with the Soviet Union national handball team, and in 1992 with the Unified Team.^[1] He became European champion with the Russia national handball team in 1996.

The CIS team in 1992

References

1. Profile: Valery Gopin sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)

External links

• Valery Gopin at the European Handball Federation
• Valery Gopin at Olympedia