Yuriy Lahutyn
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Yuriy Vasilyevich Lahutyn is a former Soviet
/Ukrainian
handball
player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
and in the 1976 Summer Olympics
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In 1972 he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth. He played three matches and scored four goals.
Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played one match and scored three goals.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
/Ukrainian
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
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 who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
and in the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
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In 1972 he was part of the Soviet team which finished fifth. He played three matches and scored four goals.
Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played one match and scored three goals.