Igor Levshin

Igor Viktorovich Levshin (Russian Игорь Викторович Левшин; born August 18, 1974 in Tiraspol ) is a Russian handball goalkeeper.

Club career

Igor Levshin came through the school sports for handball. The 1.98 meter tall goalkeeper played from 1992 to 1999 in Volgograd caustic, and then to 2002 in Slovenia RK Celje and Termo. From 2002 to 2009, while Stralsund HV active, with whom he played in the 1st Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. For the 2009/2010 season he moved to second division side SV Post Schwerin, his contract ran until 2013; following the insolvency of Schwerin, he joined in early 2013 for SC DHfK Leipzig; his contract was not renewed after the 2012/13 season. He then joined the Russian first division GK Permskie Medwedi.

National

He played for the Russian junior team at the Junior World Championships in 1993 in Egypt, and belongs also to the Russian national team in the squad. He played at least 42 matches, claims to have 60, so at the European Handball Championship in 2006 and the World Cup 2013 In March 2013 he was again at a seminar of the national team, which includes two qualifiers for the European Championship in 2014, was appointed. ; at the European Championships in Denmark he was in the squad.

Private

Igor Levshin is married and has two children.