Vyacheslav Gorpishin

Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin (Russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Горпишин, born January 20, 1970) is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.^[1] He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the Russian national team.^[2]

Vyacheslav Gorpishin
Personal information
Full name	Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin
Born	(1970-01-20) 20 January 1970 (age 55) Chișinău, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Youth career
Team
	DJuSSch Chișinău
	HBC CSKA Moscow
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-1995	HBC CSKA Moscow
1995-2000	HG Erlangen
2000-2003	SG Leutershausen
2003-2004	TSG Friesenheim
2004-2008	Eintracht Hildesheim
2008-2015	HF Springe
National team
Years	Team
1992	Soviet Union
1992-2004	Russia	270
Teams managed
2015-2023	HF Springe assistant
Medal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition 2004 Athens Team competition World Championship 1999 Egypt Team

He was a squad member on the Unified Team that won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.^[3] But he did not play in a single match and did not receive a medal.

At the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals with Russia, losing to Sweden in the final.

Club Career

Gorpishin started playing handball at his hometown club in Chișinău. After showing talent he joined HBC CSKA Moscow, where he made his senior debut. Here he won the Russian Championship in 1994 and 1995.

He then sought a new challenge and joined HG Erlangen in the German Regionalliga.^[4] With Erlangen he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. After 5 years he joined SG Leutershausen.^[5]

In 2003 the team had financial trouble, and therefore he joined TSG Friesenheim.^[6] After a year he joined Eintracht Hildesheim. In 2006 he was promoted with the team to the Bundesliga, but was relegated again the year after.^[7]

After his contract had expired in 2008, he joined in the lower leagues.^[8]

After the 2014-15 season, when HF Springe was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga he became the coach of the second team, as well as the assistant to the first team.^[9]