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Andrey Tyumentsev

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Andrey Tyumentsev
Personal information
Full name Andrey Alekseevich Tyumentsev
Born (1963-05-06) 6 May 1963 (age 62)
Vladivostok, Russia
Nationality Russian
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1979-1991
Dinamo Astrakhan
1991-1993
BM Granollers
1993-1994
BM Puleva Málaga
National team
Years Team
Soviet Union
Russia
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Czechoslovakia Team

Andrey Alekseevich Tyumentsev (Russian: Андрей Алексеевич Тюменцев; born May 6, 1963, in Vladivostok) is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In 1988, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 21 goals. He was mainly used as a substitute to Georgi Sviridenko.

At the 1990 World Championship he reached the final, where the Soviet Union lost to Sweden.[1]

Club career

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At club level Tyumentsev played for Dynamo Astrakhan, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, after which he joined Spanish side BM Granollers and later BM Puleva Málaga.[2] He retired in 1994.[2]

With Dynamo Astrakhan he came second the Soviet Championship in 1989 and in 1991.

In 1983 he was part of Soviet Union team that won the Youth World Championship.

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  1. ^ IHF - 1990 World Championship Games
  2. ^ a b "El legado de su padre Andrey" (in Spanish). elcorreo.com. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2014.