Oleg Velyky
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| Medal record | |||
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 Oleg Velyky |
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Competitor for  Germany |
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| Men's handball | |||
| World championship | |||
| Gold | 2007 Germany | Team Competition | |
Oleg Velyky (Олег Великий / Oleh Welykyj; born October 14, 1977 in Brovary, Ukraine) is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team (belonged to the team, but did not play because of an injury). He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]
[edit] Club player
Velyky won the EHF Cup in 2005 with the club TUSEM Essen and currently plays for HSV Handball.
[edit] Personal life
Velyky is married and has one son.[2] His career has been marred by severe health problems. In 2003, he was diagnosed with skin cancer, but managed to beat the illness, until the cancer returned in 2008.[3] Apart from this serious illness, he already ruptured his cruciate ligament twice in 2006 and 2008, and sprained his foot in 2007. Altogether, his health problems limited his international career to the World Championships in 2005 and one game in the 2008 European Championships.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Germany" – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
- ^ HSV Handball: Oleg Velyky
- ^ a b Nationalspieler Velyky wieder an Krebs erkrankt
