Aleksandr Tuchkin

Aleksandr Tuchkin
Personal information
Full name Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin
Born 15 July 1964 (1964-07-15) (age 60)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Czechoslovakia Team
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Egypt Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Croatia Team

Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin (born 15 July 1964) 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][3]

He participated on the Soviet team that won gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4]

  1. ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Tuchkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Handball" Archived 2008-05-31 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 2, 2008)