Eduard Kokcharov
Encyclopedia
Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov , (born November 4, 1975) is a Russia
n handball
player who plays for Slovenia
n champions Celje Pivovarna Laško
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He was born in Krasnodar
and is 1.85 m for 92 kg. He plays as a left winger and is the captain of his club. He retired from his national team in 2007. He came to Celje from SKIF Krasnodar
in the 1999/2000 season, at the age of 23. His biggest achievements include winning the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships
and winning the handball tournament
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, both with Russia. He was also the winner of the Champions League
with Celje Pivovarna Laško in the 2003/04 season.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player who plays for Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n champions Celje Pivovarna Laško
Celje Pivovarna Lasko
Celje Pivovarna Laško is a handball club from Celje, Slovenia. They were the winners of the Champions League in the 2003-04 season, becoming European club champions. The team plays its home matches in the Zlatorog Arena, a 6,000 capacity handball arena in Celje...
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He was born in Krasnodar
Krasnodar
Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...
and is 1.85 m for 92 kg. He plays as a left winger and is the captain of his club. He retired from his national team in 2007. He came to Celje from SKIF Krasnodar
SKIF Krasnodar
SKIF Krasnodar is a team handball club from Krasnodar, Russia. Currently, SKIF Krasnodar competes in the Russian First League of Handball....
in the 1999/2000 season, at the age of 23. His biggest achievements include winning the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships
1997 World Men's Handball Championship
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and winning the handball tournament
Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Medal summary:-References:*...
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, both with Russia. He was also the winner of the Champions League
EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important professional club handball competition in Europe . The competition was started in the 1956–57 season, and is administered by the European Handball Federation.The most successful teams are from Germany and Spain...
with Celje Pivovarna Laško in the 2003/04 season.
Honors
- Olympic Games
- 1 Gold medal (2000 Summer Olympics)
- 1 Bronze medal (2004 Summer Olympics)
- European Championships
- 1 Silver medal (2000 European Championship2000 European Men's Handball Championship-Placement Matches:-Final ranking:...
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- 1 Silver medal (2000 European Championship
- World Championships
- 1 Gold medal (1997 World Championship1997 World Men's Handball Championship- Final standings :# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # - External links :*...
) - 1 Silver medal (1999 World Championship1999 World Men's Handball ChampionshipThe 1999 World Championship for men in team handball was the 16th edition of the Men's World Handball Championship. It was held in Egypt, from June 2 to June 15, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said.-Preliminary round:In the following tables:...
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- 1 Gold medal (1997 World Championship
- World Junior Championships
- 1 Gold medal (1995 World Junior Championship)
- All star team: 2001 World Championship2001 World Men's Handball ChampionshipThe 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from January 23 to February 4, 2001.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , ,...
, 2003 World Championship2003 World Men's Handball ChampionshipThe 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from January 20 to February 2, 2003.-Qualified teams:24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.Group A : , , , , , .Group B : , , , , , ....
, 2004 European Championship2004 European Men's Handball ChampionshipThe 2004 Men's European Handball Championship took place from January 22 to February 1, 2004 in Slovenia.- Group A :This group was played out in Velenje.--------- Group B :This group was played out in Ljubljana.- Group C :... - Slovenian champion: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Slovenian Cup winner: 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007.
External links
- Celje Pivovarna Laško Official club website (SlovenianSlovenian languageSlovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
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