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Vasily Ilyin

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Vasily Ilyin
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1978 Denmark Team

Vasily Petrovich Ilyin (Russian: Василий Петрович Ильин; 8 January 1949 – 21 September 2015) was a Soviet handball player.[1]

Ilyin was born in Lisy Nos settlement, Pargolovsky District, Leningrad Oblast[2] He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.[3] He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1970 and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1976.[2] In 1972 he was part of the USSR Olympic Team which finished fifth at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played three matches and scored two goals. During his career he played 101 match for the USSR National Team and scored 177 goals.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ушел из жизни олимпийский чемпион Монреаля Василий Ильин". Газета.Ru.
  2. ^ a b c (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 549.
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