Igor Turchin (handball)
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16 November 1936 Sofievka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 November 1993 (aged 56) Bucharest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Yevdokimovich Turchin (Ukrainian: Ігор Євдокимович Турчин; November 16, 1936, the village of Sofiyivka Odessa region – November 7, 1993, Bucharest) – an outstanding Soviet and Ukrainian handball coach. Honored coach of the USSR (1971). Candidate of pedagogical sciences.
Biography
In 1959 he began working with a group of beginners, of which created a team HC Spartak Kyiv – 20-time champion of the USSR (1969–1988), 13-time winner of the EHF Champions League (1970–1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985–1988). In 1976 he was recognized as the best coach in the world. For outstanding achievements in sports Turchin and his team entered in the Guinness Book of Records.
The women's team of the USSR, headed by Igor Turchin, won 1st place at the Olympic Games in Montreal (1976) and Moscow (1980), was a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988), won twice at the World Championships (1982, 1986), in 1975 and 1978 became the silver medalist of world championships, in 1973 – a bronze.
Early in his career, he also coached the players in table tennis, and his pupil became the champion of Ukrainian SSR[1]
Personal life
In 1965, Igor Turchin married one of his players Zinaida Stolitenko.[2] In 1971 they had a daughter, Natalia, and in 1983 – son Mikhail.
Igor Yevdokimovich suffered three heart attacks and coronary artery bypass surgery, made in Norway. He died on 7 November 1993 of a heart attack in Bucharest, during a break in the EHF Cup match with the local team Rapid.
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976, 1980)
- Order of the Badge of Honour (1971)
- Order of Friendship of Peoples (1985)
References
- ↑ (Russian) Турчина: «Мне нечего скрывать» // «Спорт-Экспресс». — 19 January 2008.
- ↑ (Russian) «События и люди». — 2008. — № 34.
External links
- (Russian) Александр Гончарук. «Игорь Турчин всегда ходил по краю бездны и ежедневно имел возможность в неё сорваться» // «День». — 1998. — № 220.