Igor Vladimirovich Chumak

Igor Chumak

Player information
Full name	Igor Vladimirovich Chumak
birthday	April 1, 1964
place of birth	Vladivostok , Soviet Union
citizenship	russian french
height	1.95 m
Playing position	goalkeeper
Throwing hand	right
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1979-1980	Zarya Astrakhan
1980-5 / 1990	SKIF Krasnodar
5 / 1990-1992	Dinamo Astrakhan
1992-1996	Montpellier HB
1996-1999	ES Besançon
1999-2000	Girondins de Bordeaux HBC
2000-2000	ASCA Wittelsheim
2000-2001	Eintracht Hildesheim
2001-2003	Sélestat AHB
2003-2005	Perpignan handball
2005-2006	TV Willstätt
2/2007–3/2007	Bergischer HC
2010–1 / 2011	TV Willstätt
1 / 2011–2011	TuS Helmlingen
National team
Debut on	1984
	Games (goals)
Soviet Union United Team	? (?) 7 (0)
As of March 29, 2014

Igor Wladimirowitsch Tschumak ( Russian Игорь Владимирович Чумак , born April 1, 1964 in Vladivostok ) is a former Russian handball player . He is also a French citizen .

Career

society

The 1.95 m tall and 102 kg heavy handball goalkeeper began his career in 1979 with Sarja Astrachan . After just one season he was signed by SKIF Krasnodar , where he finished third in the Soviet league in 1988 and 1989. In May 1990 he moved to Dinamo Astrachan , with whom he was Soviet champion in 1990, runner-up in 1991 and third in 1992. In the EHF Cup 1990/91 he reached the semi-finals. In 1992 he signed with the French club Montpellier HB . In 1995 he won the Ligue Nationale de Handball for the first time in the club history of the current record champions . In 1996 he joined ES Besançon , who had to make the way to the second division. In 1999 he returned to the LNH and stood in the gate of Girondins de Bordeaux HBC . In the 2000/01 season he played for the German Bundesliga club Eintracht Hildesheim . He then returned to France to the Sélestat AHB . After two years he went to the third French division for Perpignan Handball . In 2005/06 he let his career end with TV Willstätt .

When Ivan Zoubkoff , a former teammate in Bordeaux, injured himself in the spring of 2007 , Tschumak helped out with the southern second division club Bergischer HC after his call .

In October 2009 and for the first half of 2010/11 he was reactivated by TV Willstätt, but already moved to the second half of the season in the South Baden league for TuS Helmlingen.

National team

Igor Tschumak became world champion with the Soviet junior selection at the Junior World Championships in 1983 and 1985. With the Soviet men's national handball team , he won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games and the silver medal at the 1990 World Cup . With the United Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States , he was again Olympic champion in 1992 in Barcelona .

For the Olympic victory in 1988 he received the award of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР).

Private

Igor Tschumak is married and has two daughters.

Web links

• Igor Tschumak in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Bergisches Olympiabuch part 1: Solingen and Remscheid: The participants of the Olympic Games, Paralympics and Deaflympics Bernd Hamer, Books on Demand, February 17, 2009
2. ↑ Динамо. Энциклопедия (Russian) 2003, accessed March 29, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} www.thw-provinzial.de opponents squad Eintracht Hildesheim 2000/01 , accessed on March 29, 2014
4. ↑ www.handzone.net Igor Tchoumak signe à Sélestat (French) from June 14, 2001, accessed on March 29, 2014
5. ↑ www.handball-world.com Igor Tchoumak again in Willstätt on October 18, 2009, accessed on March 29, 2014
6. ↑ inter-d.net Helmlingen is strengthened with Igor Tchoumak ( memento from March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) from January 7, 2011, accessed on March 29, 2014