Igor Chumak

Igor Chumak
Chumak in 2018
Personal information
Full name Igor Vladimirovich Chumak
Born (1964-04-01) 1 April 1964
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
1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
1990 Czechoslovakia Team
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
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]

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 1990 Soviet Championship, and finished 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.

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

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

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

In the spring of 2007 he came out of retirement and joined 2nd Bundesliga Bergischer HC, replacing 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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