Vladimir Maksimov
Vladimir Salmanowitsch Maximov (Russian: Владимир Салманович Максимов, scientific transliteration Vladimir Maximov Salmanovič; born October 14, 1945 in Potsdam or to Kant, Kyrgyz SSR, Soviet Union ) is a Russian handball coach and former handball player. The position of the right-handed play was mostly in the right rear area.
Career as a player
Maximov first played at Uniwersitet Krasnodar and Moscow for May.
For the Soviet national Maximov played 172 international matches in which he threw 690 goals. In his days as a handball player Maximov was team captain of the Soviet national team. His international career he finished in 1978 with the final match of the World Cup, that the Soviet Union lost 19:20 against the Federal Republic of Germany. In this game, he scored two goals.
Career as a coach
1992 still as an assistant coach, but soon he was mainly responsible until 2008 with a break head coach of the Russian national handball team of men. After the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he handed the office temporarily to Anatoli Dratschow. As the successes of the national team failed to, he took to the 2006 European Championships again as coach, he gave back to the 2008 Olympics. As his successor Nikolai Tschigarjow could have no great success, Maximov took over again the post of national coach. In January 2012 he resigned from this office. Since 2001, Maximov is also coach of Medwedi Chekhov. In addition to coaching positions, he is also President of Medwedi and Director General of the Russian Handball Federation.
Achievements
As a player
- Students champion in 1968 and 1971
- Scorer at the World Cup 1970 in France (31 goals)
- Gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
- Vice world champion 1978 in Denmark
- European Champions Cup in 1973
- European Cup Winners' Cup in 1977 with Mai Moscow
- Soviet master Moscow since May 1972, 1974 and 1975
As a coach
- European Champion 1996
- World Champion 1993 and 1997
- Vice World Champion 1999
- Olympic victory in 1992 and 2000
- Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
- European Cup winner in 2006
- Junior World Champion 1985 and 1989
Worth mentioning
1982 Maximov was seriously injured in a hunting accident south of Moscow.