Lev Voronin (handballer)
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| Born |
8 June 1971 Astrachan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-1998 | Dinamo Astrakhan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998-2008 | TSG Friesenheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2009 | Dynamo Astrakhan (Player-coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995-2000 | Russia | 114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008-2010 | Dynamo Astrakhan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2016 | GK Permskie Medvedi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2017 | Russia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024- | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lev Gennadiyevich Voronin (Russian: Лев Геннадиевич Воронин, born 8 June 1971) is a Russian team handball coach and former player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.[1][2]
He competed for Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Russian team placed fifth. He was part of the Russian team that won gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
Voronin started his career at his hometown club Dynamo Astrakhan. Here he came second in the 1989 Soviet Men's Handball Championship and won it in 1990. In 1991 he once again came in second.
In 1998 he joined German side TSG Friesenheim in the 2nd Bundesliga.[3]
After 10 years in Germany he returned to Dynamo Astrakhan as the player-coach. In 2009 he retired from playing and became the coach full time.
In 2010 he became the head coach at GK Permskie Medvedi.[4] Here he won the 2014 Russian Cup.
From February 2015 to 2017 he was the assistant coach at the Russia men's national handball team under Dmitri Torgovanov.[5][6]
From June 2024 he became the head coach of the Russian national team.[6] However due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine he can not actually coach Russia in any important matches.[7]
National team
Voronin was part of the Russian 1990's golden generation that won the 1996 European Men's Handball Championship, the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship and gold medals at the 2000 Olympics.
In total he played 114 matches for Russia.[3]
References
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)
- ^ a b Profile: Lev Voronin sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)
- ^ a b archiv.thw-handball.de: Gegnerkader TSG Friesenheim 2007/08, retrieved 29. March 2014
- ^ "Воронин Лев Геннадьевич" (in Russian). sport.permkrai.ru. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ "Russland: Ehemaliger HBL-Profi neuer Nationaltrainer" (in German). handball-world.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Лев Воронин – главный тренер мужской сборной России" (in Russian). rushandball.ru. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.