Oleg Mikhailovich Kuleschow

Oleg Kuleshov

Oleg Kuleschow on September 9, 2007 in the Kölnarena
Player information
Full name	Oleg Mikhailovich Kuleschow
birthday	April 15, 1974
place of birth	Omsk , Soviet Union
citizenship	Russian
height	1.84 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1991	South Djushor Omsk
1991-1999	GK Kaustik Volgograd
1999-2007	SC Magdeburg
2007-2008	VfL Gummersbach
National team
	Games (goals)
Russia	123 (390)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2011–2012	HF jump
2012-2015	Russia
2016-2018	HF jump
2018–	SKIF Krasnodar
As of July 7, 2018

Oleg Michailowitsch Kuleschow ( Russian Оле́г Миха́йлович Кулешо́в , scientific transliteration Oleg Michajlovič Kulešov ; born April 15, 1974 in Omsk , Soviet Union ) is a Russian handball player . The 1.84 m tall and 95 kg heavy right-handed player played back center .

Career as a player

societies

Before Kuleschow moved to SC Magdeburg , he played for the Russian first division club GK Kaustik Volgograd . With this he won the Russian championship in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Then Kuleschow played from 1999 to 2007 for SC Magdeburg in the handball Bundesliga . With this he was able to become German champion in the 2000/01 season . In that season he was also EHF Cup winner and European Club Champion in 2001 . In the following season one could repeatedly become club European champion in 2002 and Champions League winner . In the following years, the EHF Cup was only won again in 2007 .

For the 2007/08 season, Kuleschow moved to league rivals VfL Gummersbach after an "amicable solution" was found for the termination of his contract, which ran until 2008. In Gummersbach, Kuleschow wore jersey number 20. In Gummersbach, Kuleschow was the preferred candidate of the former coach Alfreð Gíslason , who had already trained him at SC Magdeburg. He had to end his playing career prematurely due to numerous injuries.

National team

Kuleschow played 123 games for the Russian national team and scored 390 goals. He wore the number 5 in the national team. With the national team he became European champion in 1996 and world champion a year later . At the European Handball Championship in 2000 , he finished second with his team. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens they won the bronze medal against Hungary .

Career as a coach

From February 2010, Kulechow was briefly assistant coach at his former club SC Magdeburg under interim coach Sven Liesegang , until a falling out between the two came in May 2010. From July 2011 he was the trainer of the HF Springe and thus successor to Sven Lakenmacher . In November 2012, his contract was terminated at his own request. In March 2012 he was presented as the new coach of the Russian national team. Kuleschow prevailed against nine other candidates.

In February 2015 he resigned from his position as national coach and from the 2016/17 season he trained again in the HF jumping. After the club withdrew from the 3rd division, he returned to Russia and took over SKIF Krasnodar .

Others

Shortly after Kuleschow signed his contract with SC Magdeburg, he had a serious car accident with knee and foot injuries, and as a result had to be operated on seven times.

Kuleschow is a sports teacher / trainer by profession.

Sporting successes

• Olympic third in 2004
• European champion 1996
• World Champion 1997
• European Championship runner-up in 2000

• Russian champion 1996, 1997, 1998 (caustic Volgograd)
• German Champion 2001 (SC Magdeburg)
• Champions League winner 2002 (SC Magdeburg)
• Club European Champion 2001, 2002 (SC Magdeburg)
• EHF Cup Winner 2001, 2007 (SC Magdeburg)

Web links

• Kuleschow's page at the Russian Handball Federation (in Russian) ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Oleg Kuleschow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Oleg Kuleschow in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Oleg Kuleschow in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kuleschow signs in Gummersbach. Focus Online, April 19, 2007, accessed September 26, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Contract terminated! VfL separates from Kuleschow. express.de, September 2, 2008, accessed on September 26, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Magdeburg boots out club idol Kuleschow. Sport1, May 19, 2010, accessed September 26, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Jump separates from the trainer. handball-world.com, November 8, 2011, accessed September 26, 2014 . 
5. ↑ In the spirit of Gislason. volksstimme.de, December 19, 2013, accessed on September 26, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Kuleschow no longer Russian national coach. handball-world.com, February 15, 2015, accessed February 18, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Jump binds Kuleschow. handball-world.com, May 6, 2016, accessed May 6, 2016 . 
8. ^ After Springe withdrew: Kuleshov with a new task in Russia. handball-world, July 7, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Arno Schmitz: VfL strategist with stayer gene. express.de, October 2, 2007, accessed on September 26, 2014 . 
10. ^ Kuleschow's profile at THW Kiel
11. ↑ ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕМ ОЛЕГА КУЛЕШОВА. rushandball.ru, March 8, 2012, archived from the original on June 2, 2012 ; Retrieved September 26, 2014 (Russian).