Vladimir Maksimov (handballer)

For other people named Vladimir Maksimov, see Vladimir Maksimov (disambiguation).

Vladimir Maksimov
Olympic medal record
Men's Handball
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team

Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov (Russian: Владимир Салманович Максимов; born October 14, 1945, in Kant, Kirghiz SSR) is a Soviet and Russian handball player and coach. After his retirement as a player, he was a coach for the Russian national team, with which he won all three major titles in handball (European champion in 1996, world champion twice in 1993 and 1997 and Olympic champion in 2000). As an active player, he was on the team who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics (three matches played, fifth place) and in the 1976 Summer Olympics (gold medal).