Oleg Velyky (14 October 1977 – 23 January 2010) was a German

Germany

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 team handball

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. He was a World champion from 2007

2007 World Men's Handball Championship

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 with the German national team

Germany national handball team

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 (belonged to the team, but did not play because of an injury).

Velyky was born in Brovary

Brovary

Brovary is a city in Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kiev. It is the administrative centre of the Brovarskyi Raion . Brovary is an ancient town, firstly mentioned in 1630. Its name translated from Ukrainian means "brewers"...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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. He became a German citizen in April 2004. He participated on the German team which finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship

2008 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Norway from 17–27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third....

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Club player

Velyky won the EHF Cup

EHF Cup

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 in 2005 with the club TUSEM Essen

TUSEM Essen

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 and played for HSV Handball

HSV Handball

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Health

He ruptured his cruciate ligament

Cruciate ligament

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 twice in 2006 and 2008, and sprained his foot in 2007. His health problems limited his international career to the World Championships in 2005 and one game in the 2008 European Championships.

In September 2003, he was diagnosed with melanoma

Melanoma

Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes. Melanocytes are cells that produce the dark pigment, melanin, which is responsible for the color of skin. They predominantly occur in skin, but are also found in other parts of the body, including the bowel and the eye...

; it was in remission until the disease returned in March 2008, and caused his death in Kiev

Kiev

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, aged 32, in January 2010.