# Igor Chumak
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{{Short description|Russian handball player (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Igor Chumak
| image = Igor Chumak, June 2018.jpg
| caption = Chumak in 2018
| nationality = Russian
| fullname = Igor Vladimirovich Chumak
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Vladivostok](/source/Vladivostok), [Russia](/source/Russia)
| height = 1.95 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 1979-1980
| clubs1 = [Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan](/source/Zarja_Kaspija_Astrakhan)
| years2 = 1980-1990
| clubs2 = [SKIF Krasnodar](/source/SKIF_Krasnodar)
| years3 = 1990-1992
| clubs3 = [Dynamo Astrakhan](/source/Dynamo_Astrakhan)
| years4 = 1992-1996
| clubs4 = [Montpellier HB](/source/Montpellier_HB)
| years5 = 1996-1999
| clubs5 = [ES Besançon](/source/ES_Besan%C3%A7on)
| years6 = 1999-2000
| clubs6 = [Girondins de Bordeaux HBC](/source/Girondins_de_Bordeaux_HBC)
| years7 = 2000
| clubs7 = [ASCA Wittelsheim](/source/ASCA_Wittelsheim)
| years8 = 2000-2001
| clubs8 = [Eintracht Hildesheim](/source/Eintracht_Hildesheim)
| years9 = 2001-2003
| clubs9 = [Sélestat AHB](/source/S%C3%A9lestat_AHB)
| years10 = 2003-2005
| clubs10 = Perpignan Handball
| years11 = 2005-2006
| clubs11 = [TV Willstätt](/source/TV_Willst%C3%A4tt)
| years12 = 2005-2006
| clubs12 = [Bergischer HC](/source/Bergischer_HC)
| years13 = 2010-2011
| clubs13 = [TV Willstätt](/source/TV_Willst%C3%A4tt)
| years14 = 2011
| clubs14 = TuS Helmlingen
| nationalyears1 = {{0|0000}}-1992
| nationalteam1 = [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union_men's_national_handball_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 145[{{cite magazine |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9665099m/f10.image |title=Statistiques de la CEI (ex-URSS) pour le Tournoi de Paris |magazine=Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral |edition=275 |publisher=[Fédération française de handball](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_fran%C3%A7aise_de_handball) |date=January 1992 |access-date=11 July 2022|language=fr}}]
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1992
| nationalteam2 = [Unified team](/source/Unified_Team_at_the_Olympics)
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalGold| [1988 Seoul](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) | [Team](/source/Handball_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Men's_Handball_Championship)}}
{{MedalSilver|[1990 Czechoslovakia](/source/1990_World_Men's_Handball_Championship)|Team}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{EUN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1992 Barcelona](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Handball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_tournament)}}
| showmedals = no
}}
'''Igor Vladimirovich Chumak''' ({{langx|ru|Игорь Владимирович Чумак}}; born 1 April 1964 in [Vladivostok](/source/Vladivostok)) is a Russian [team handball](/source/team_handball) player. He became Olympic champion in [1988](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) with the [Soviet Union national handball team](/source/Soviet_Union_men's_national_handball_team) and in [1992](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics) with the [Unified Team](/source/Unified_Team_at_the_Olympics).[[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/igor-chumak-1.html Profile: Igor Chumak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013133845/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/igor-chumak-1.html |date=2012-10-13 }} ''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 19 December 2008)]
thumb|upright|left|The CIS team in 1992
== Career ==
Chumak started his career in 1979 for [Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan](/source/Zarja_Kaspija_Astrakhan).[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1sFK-Zg5-AC&dq=%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA&pg=PA102 |title=Динамо. Энциклопедия|language=ru |year=2003|publisher=ОЛМА Медиа Групп |isbn=978-5-224-04399-6 |access-date=29 March 2014}}] After one season he joined [SKIF Krasnodar](/source/SKIF_Krasnodar), where he finished 3rd in the [Soviet Men's Handball Championship](/source/Soviet_Men's_Handball_Championship) in both 1988 and 1989.
In May 1990 he returned to [Dynamo Astrakhan](/source/Zarja_Kaspija_Astrakhan), where he won the [Soviet Championship](/source/Soviet_Men's_Handball_Championship) in 1990, and came second in 1991. In the 1990-91 [EHF Cup](/source/EHF_Cup) the team reached the semi final.
In 1992 after the [dissolution of the Soviet Union](/source/dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union) he joined French team [Montpellier HB](/source/Montpellier_Handball).[{{cite web|url=https://archiv.thw-handball.de/thw/00gehild.htm|website=thw-provinzial.de |title=Gegnerkader Eintracht Hildesheim 2000/01|access-date=29 March 2014|language=de}}] After a year he returned to Franch and joined [{{cite web|url=http://www.handzone.net/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?id=833 |publisher=handzone.net |title=Igor Tchoumak signe à Sélestat|date=14 June 2001|access-date=29 March 2014|language=fr}}]
After two years he joined Perpignan Handball in the third tier.[{{cite news|url=http://www.handball-world.com/o.red.c/news-1-1-11-22479.html |publisher=handball-world.com |title=Igor Tchoumak wieder in Willstätt|date=18 October 2009|access-date=29 March 2014|language=de}}] In the second half of the 2010-11 season he joined TuS Helmlingen.[ {{cite web|website=inter-d.net |title=Helmlingen verstärkt sich mit Igor Tchoumak |url=http://inter-d.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9497:helmlingen-verstaerkt-sich-mit-igor-tchoumak&catid=16:handball-herren&Itemid=53 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330052336/http://inter-d.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9497:helmlingen-verstaerkt-sich-mit-igor-tchoumak&catid=16:handball-herren&Itemid=53|archive-date=30 March 2014|date=7 January 2011|access-date=29 March 2014|language=de}}]
== National team ==
Chumak won the 1983 and 1985 [World Junior Championship](/source/IHF_Men's_U21_Handball_World_Championship).
With the Soviet Union he won Gold medals at the [1988 Olympics](/source/1988_Olympics) and silver at the [1990 World Championship](/source/1990_World_Men's_Handball_Championship).[[http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1990.html Men's Handball World Championship 1990 - Todor66]]
At the [1992 Olympics](/source/1992_Olympics) he won gold medals with the [Unified team](/source/Unified_Team_at_the_Olympics)[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-gwh6ExN-CUC&dq=igor+tchoumak+montpellier&pg=PA120 |title=Bergisches Olympiabuch Teil 1: Solingen und Remscheid: Die Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele, Paralympics und Deaflympics|author=Bernd Hamer|publisher=Books on Demand|date=17 February 2009|isbn=978-3-8370-5424-8 |language=de}}]
== Titles ==
=== Club ===
* '''[EHF Cup](/source/EHF_Cup)'''
** ''Winner:'' [1990](/source/1989-90_EHF_Cup)
* '''[Soviet Men's Handball Championship](/source/Soviet_Men's_Handball_Championship)'''
** ''Winner:'' 1990
** ''Second place:'' 1991
** ''Third place:'' 1988, 1989. 1990
* '''[Soviet Men's Handball Cup](/source/Soviet_Men's_Handball_Cup)'''
** ''Winner:'' 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
* '''[French Championship](/source/Starligue)'''
** ''Winner:'' 1995
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Living people
Category:Soviet male handball players
Category:Russian male handball players
Category:Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
Category:Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic handball players for the Unified Team
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Sportspeople from Vladivostok
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in handball
Category:Goodwill Games gold medalists
Category:Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Category:Russian expatriate handball players in Germany
Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate handball players in France
Category:Montpellier Handball players
Category:Bergischer HC players
Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen
Category:French people of Russian descent
Category:Naturalized citizens of France
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