Vasily Ilyin
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Vasily Petrovich Ilyin ' onMouseout='HidePop("93031")' href="/topics/Leningrad_Oblast">Leningrad Oblast
) is a former Soviet
/Russian handball
player.
Ilyin trained at Burevestnik in Moscow
. He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1970 and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1976. In 1972 he was part of the USSR Olympic Team which finished fifth at the 1972 Summer Olympics
. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team at the 1976 Summer Olympics
. He played three matches and scored two goals. During his career he played 101 match for the USSR National Team and scored 177 goals.
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
) is a former Soviet
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....
/Russian 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.
Ilyin trained at Burevestnik in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1970 and became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1976. In 1972 he was part of the USSR Olympic Team which finished fifth at 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....
. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team at 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...
. He played three matches and scored two goals. During his career he played 101 match for the USSR National Team and scored 177 goals.