Anatoly Yevtushenko
Anatoly Nikolayevich Yevtushenko (Russian: Анатолий Николаевич Евтушенко; 1 September 1934 – 6 January 2026) was a Soviet handball player and coach who was an Honored Coach of the USSR.
Biography
[edit]Yevtushenko was born in Horlivka on 1 September 1934.[1] As a player he was champion of the USSR, and then double - silver medalist.
As a coach of NC MAI 6 times (1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975) he led the club to the Soviet Championship, 7 times (1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980) led the club to the silver, and once (1987) - a bronze.[2][3]
In 1968, the student team of the USSR under the direction of Yevtushenko became world champion.[3] In 1969-1990 he headed Soviet Union national handball team which became the Olympic champion in Montreal 1976 and Seoul 1988, the silver medalist at Moscow Olympics of 1980. The national team of the Soviet Union was World Cup 1982 and silver medalist 1978 World Men's Handball Championship and World Cup 1990.[1]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union he worked in TSV Milbertshofen in Germany.[4] He then became the head coach of the Kuwait men's national handball team, which he led the team to victory at the 1995 Asian Men's Handball Championship, which qualified the team for the 1996 Olympics.[5][6] After the Olympics, he ceased to be the head coach of Kuwait.[7] In Austria, he worked with Hypo Niederösterreich and women's national team.[citation needed]
In 1976, he received the title of Honored Coach of the USSR. At the same time he was awarded the gold medal of the sports committee of the Union "Best Coach in the Country".
Yevtushenko died on 6 January 2026, at the age of 91.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Anatoli Jewtuschenko" (in German). Munzinger Arkiv. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ LesSports.info Handball - Soviet Union - Division 1 Men - Winners Retrieved 14 April 2022
- 1 2 3 "Не стало Анатолия Евтушенко" (in Russian). Handball Federation of Russia. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Trainer Jewtuschenko in Milbertshofen entlassen". e-newspaperarchives.ch (in German) (296 ed.). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 19 December 1992. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Handball: Jewtuschenko nach Kuwait". e-newspaperarchives.ch (in German) (175 ed.). Thuner Tagblatt. 30 July 1993. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ 1995 Asian Championship Results - Todor66
- ↑ "Pflichtaufgabe erfüllt – Handball von Kuwait nie gefordert". e-newspaperarchives.ch (in German) (174 ed.). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 29 July 1996. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
External links
[edit]- А.Н. Евтушенко в Олимпийской энциклопедии
- 1934 births
- 2026 deaths
- Sportspeople from Horlivka
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian handball coaches
- Soviet handball coaches
- Soviet male handball players
- Ukrainian male handball players
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Handball coaches of international teams
- Coaches at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Coaches at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Coaches at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Russian expatriate handball players in Germany
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen