Igor Chumak

Igor Vladimirovich Chumak (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Чумак; born 1 April 1964 in Vladivostok) is a Russian team handball player. He became Olympic champion in 1988 with the Soviet Union national handball team and in 1992 with the Unified Team.^[2]

The CIS team in 1992

Igor Chumak
Chumak in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Igor Vladimirovich Chumak
Born	(1964-04-01) 1 April 1964 (age 61) Vladivostok, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1979-1980	Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan
1980-1990	SKIF Krasnodar
1990-1992	Dynamo Astrakhan
1992-1996	Montpellier HB
1996-1999	ES Besançon
1999-2000	Girondins de Bordeaux HBC
2000	ASCA Wittelsheim
2000-2001	Eintracht Hildesheim
2001-2003	Sélestat AHB
2003-2005	Perpignan Handball
2005-2006	TV Willstätt
2005-2006	Bergischer HC
2010-2011	TV Willstätt
2011	TuS Helmlingen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000-1992	Soviet Union	145[1]	(0)
1992	Unified team	7	(0)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championships 1990 Czechoslovakia Team Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team

Career

Chumak started his career in 1979 for Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan.^[3] After one season he joined SKIF Krasnodar, where he finished 3rd in the Soviet Men's Handball Championship in both 1988 and 1989.

In May 1990 he returned to Dynamo Astrakhan, where he won the Soviet Championship in 1990, and came second in 1991. In the 1990-91 EHF Cup the team reached the semi final.

In 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union he joined French team Montpellier HB.^[4] Here he won 1995 French Championship, which was the first in club history.

Igor Chumak in the Montpellier HB shirt (1995)

In 1996 he joined ES Besançon in the second tier.^[4] In 1999 he joined Girondins de Bordeaux HBC in the top division.^[5]

In the 2000-01 season he played for German Bundesliga team Eintracht Hildesheim.^[5] After a year he returned to Franch and joined ^[6]

After two years he joined Perpignan Handball in the third tier.^[4] His last club was TV Willstädt in the 2nd Bundesliga.^[4]

In the spring of 2007 he came out of retirement and joined Bergischer HC in the 2nd Bundesliga to replace the injured Ivan Zoubkoff.^[4]

From October 2009 to the first half of the 2010-11 season he came out of retirement again to rejoin TV Willstädt.^[7] In the second half of the 2010-11 season he joined TuS Helmlingen.^[8]

National team

Chumak won the 1983 and 1985 World Junior Championship.

With the Soviet Union he won Gold medals at the 1988 Olympics and silver at the 1990 World Championship.^[2][9]

At the 1992 Olympics he won gold medals with the Unified team^[2]

Private

Chumak does also hold French citizenship.^[4]

Titles

Club

• EHF Cup
  • Winner: 1990
• Soviet Men's Handball Championship
  • Winner: 1990
  • Second place: 1991
  • Third place: 1988, 1989. 1990
• Soviet Men's Handball Cup
  • Winner: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
• French Championship
  • Winner: 1995