Yuri Shevtsov

Yuri Shevtsov
Shevtsov in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Yuri Anatolyevich Shevtsov
Born	16 December 1959 (1959-12-16) (age 65) Slutsk, USSR
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Youth career
Years	Team
0000-1974	Slutsk
1974-1978	SKA Minsk
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1978-1992	SKA Minsk
1990-1994	SV Blau-Weiß Spandau
National team
Years	Team	Apps
–	Soviet Union	250
Teams managed
1993-1996	SV Blau-Weiß Spandau
1996-2001	TBV Lemgo
2001-2005	TUSEM Essen
2005-2009	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2009-	Belarus
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championships 1982 West Germany Team

Yuri Anatolyevich Shevtsov (Belarusian: Юрый Анатольевіч Шаўцоў; Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Шевцов, born 16 December 1959 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian former handball player and coach.

He represeted the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics where he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played five matches including the final and scored 18 goals. He also won gold medals at the 1982 World Championship.

Career

At the age of 14 he transferred from his hometown club in Slutsk to local top team SKA Minsk. Here he played 18 years and won both the Soviet Championship many times as well as the European Cup in 1987 1989 and 1990. He also won the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 and 1988.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall he joined German side SV Blau-Weiß Spandau. He retired from playing in 1992 and became the head coach of SV Blau-Weiß Spandau instead.

In 1996 he joined TBV Lemgo, where he won the Handball-Bundesliga and DHB-Pokal in hs first season.

In 2001 he joined TUSEM Essen.

in 2005 he joined the 2nd Bundesliga team SG Kronau/Östringen on a 4 year contract. He guided the team to the DHB-Pokal final in 2006 and 2007. in 2008 he achieved a 4th place, the highest position ever for the club.

After a bad start to 2008-09 season he was fired and replaced by Christian Schwarzer.^[1]

In July 2009 he became the head coach of the Belarussian national team replacing Georgi Sviridenko.^[2]

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuri Shevtsov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

1. M. Stevermüer (19 September 2008). "Löwen werfen Chevtsov raus" (in German). Mannheimer Morgen. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
2. "Die neuen Rollen des Iouri Chevtsov" (in German). handball-world.com.

External links

• Yuri Shevtsov at Olympedia