Aleksandr Rymanov

Aleksandr Rymanov
Rymanov in 1987
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Anatolevich Rymanov
Born (1959-08-25) 25 August 1959
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1989
CSKA Moscow
1989–1994
OSC Rheinhausen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Soviet Union 206[1] (?)
Teams managed
1994–1995
OSC Rheinhausen (assistant)
1995–1998
OSC Rheinhausen
1998–1999
TUSEM Essen
1999–2003
GWD Minden
2003–2006
TSG Friesenheim
2007–2008
GWD Minden
2012–2015
Russia men (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
1982 West Germany Team

Aleksandr Anatolevich Rymanov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Рыманов, born August 25, 1959) is a former Soviet/Russian handball player, who won both Olympic and World Cup gold medals.

At the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship he won gold medals.[2] In 1988 he won the Olympic gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 18 goals.

Career

He started playing handball aged 8 at CSKA Moscow. Here he won the Soviet Men's Handball Championship several times, as well as the 1986 EHF Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 European Cup.[1] After 21 years at the club he left for the German 2nd Bundesliga team OSC Rheinhausen. He helped them getting promoted to the handball-Bundesliga in 1993, but they were relegated just the season after.[3] He then retired and became the assistant coach at the club.[3] A year later he was promoted to head coach of the club, where he was until 1998.

He then held several different coaching postions in the German 1st and 2nd Bundesliga.[4] In 2012 he became the assistant coach at the Russia men's national handball team.[5] He left this postion after the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.[6]

Titles

References

  1. ^ a b Munzinger Archiv - Alexander Rymanov
  2. ^ Men's Handball World Championship 1982 - todor66
  3. ^ a b "Die Geschichte eines Traditionsvereins" (in German). OSC Rheinhausen. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ^ handball-world.com
  5. ^ Thomas Kristensen (22 January 2015). "Den russiske bjørn sover stadig" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  6. ^ Björn Pazen (17 February 2015). "Torgovanov and Voronin take over Russia's men's team". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2026.