Dmitry Filippov

Dmitry Filippov
Personal information
Full name Dmitry Rudolfovitj Filippov
Born 19 May 1969 (1969-05-19) (age 56)
Krasnodar, Soviet Union
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back, left wing
Senior clubs
Years Team
-1994
SKIF Krasnodar
1994-1996
UMF Stjarnan
1996-2001
LTV Wuppertal
2001-2002
HC Empor Rostock
2002-2007
SV Anhalt Bernburg
2007-2011
HC Aschersleben
National team
Years Team Apps
Russia 160
Teams managed
2007-2011
HC Aschersleben
2011-2013
HV Wernigerode
2013-
HC Aschersleben
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
World Championships
1993 Sweden Team
1999 Egypt Team
European Championships
1996 Spain Team
1994 Portugal Team
2000 Croatia Team

Dmitry Filippov (Russian: Дмитрий Рудольфович Филиппов; born 19 May 1969 in Krasnodar) is a Russian handball player and coach.

He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where Russia won the gold medal.[1][2]

Club Career

Filippov started his career at his hometown club SKIF Krasnodar. Here he won the Soviet Championship in 1991 and 1992 and the Soviet Cup in 1992. In the 1989-1990 season he reached the final of the EHF Cup, losing to Serbian FK Proleter Zrenjanin in the final.

In 1994 he joined Icelandic team UMF Stjarnan.[3] In 1996 he joined German team LTV Wuppertal, which had just been promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga.[4] He was however relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga the season after.

He then joined 2nd Bundesliga team HC Empor Rostock. In November 2002 he joined SV Anhalt Bernburg, where he played until 2007.

Coaching

From 2007 to 2011 he became the player-coach at HC Aschersleben in the German lower leagues.[5] He lead the team to promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga.

In 2011 he became the head coach at HV Wernigerode in the Regionalliga.[6]

In 2013 he returned to coach HC Aschersleben, who where now in the 3. Liga.[5]

National team

With the Russiam national team he won the 1993 World Championship. At the 1994 European Championship he came second, losing to Sweden in final.

At the 1995 World Championship he scored the second most goals at the tournament with 69 goals, only behind South Korean Yoon Kyung-shin with 86. Russia, however, only finished at a disappointing 5th.

The year after he won gold medals at the 1996 European Championship.

For the 1997 World Championship and the 1998 European Championship he was not nomimated for the team, but he was back in the team again for the 1999 World Championship. Here he won silver medals again, once again losing to Sweden.[7] At the 2000 European Championship he won another silver medal, losing to Sweden in the final for a third time.

At the 2000 Olympics he won gold medals.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Profile: Dmitry Filippov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ Дмитрию Филиппову – 50! [Dmitry Filippov is 50!], web: Russian Handball Federation, 2019, retrieved 13 March 2023
  3. ^ "Dmitri Filippov, leikmaður rússneska landsliðsins" (in Icelandic). mbl.is. 21 January 2000. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. ^ www.thw-provinzial.de Gegnerkader HC Wuppertal 1997/98 retrieved 28 March 2014
  5. ^ a b "Interview mit Dmitry Filippov" (in German). Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Neue Aufgabe für Dimitri Filippov" (in German). handball-world.com. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. ^ "World Championship - Final". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 15 May 2025.