// Workers AI · dad joke modeDid Yuri Nesterov's cat join a space program? It was a purr-fect cosmonaut.

Not to be confused with Yuri Nesterov (boxer).

Yuri Nesterov
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Igorevich Nesterov
Born	(1967-03-24) March 24, 1967 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	206 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–	Chekhovskiye Medvedi
0000–1991	HC Neva
1991–1993	SDC San Antonio
1993–1994	Teka Santander
1994–1998	Academia Octavio Vigo
1998–2001	ABC/UMinho
2001–2003	SD Teucro
2003–2004	Bidasoa Irún
2004–2005	SD Teucro
2005	SC Magdeburg
2006–2007	BM Porriño
2008	Conservas Boya de Camariñas
National team
Years	Team
–	Soviet Union
–	Russia	125
Medal record Men's handball Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championships 1990 Czechoslovakia Team

Yuri Igorevich Nesterov (Russian: Юрий Игоревич Нестеров, born March 24, 1967, in Leningrad) is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored ten goals.

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