Yury Klimov

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Silver 1978 Denmark Team competition

Yury Mikhaylovich Klimov (Russian: Юрий Михайлович Климов, born July 22, 1940 in Ukhta[1]) is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

He trained in Moscow and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1973. Klimov played 173 matches for the USSR National Team.[2] At the 1972 Summer Olympics he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth. He played all six matches and scored seven goals. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. He is coaching since 1979[1] and currently is the coach of the Iran national handball team. Klimov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b (Russian) Klimov's profile in the Great Olympic Encyclopedia
  2. ^ a b Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games., 2nd ed. (in Russian), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 552. 

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