Vladimir Maksimov (handballer)



Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov (Владимир Салманович Максимов; born October 14, 1945, in Kant, Kirghiz SSR) is a Soviet and Russian handball player and coach. After his retirement as a player, he was a coach for the Russian national team, with which he won all three major titles in handball (European champion in 1996, world champion twice in 1993 and 1997 and Olympic champion in 2000). As an active player, he was on the team who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics (three matches played, fifth place) and in the 1976 Summer Olympics (gold medal).

Awards and titles

 * Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR (1973)
 * Honoured Coach of the USSR (1989)
 * Honoured Coach of the RSFSR (1991)
 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (April 19, 2001) – for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sports achievements at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney in 2000 '
 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (September 11, 1998) – for services to the state, many years of hard work and great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between nations
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976)