About Georgi Sviridenko
Born 1962. Georgi Sviridenko is a Belarusian and Russian handball player.
Georgi Vladimirovich Sviridenko (; ; born December 3, 1962, in Minsk, Belarusian SSR) is a former Soviet/Belarusian handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Sviridenko played for SKA Minsk from 1981 to 1990. In 1991-1993, he played for Italian teams, "Ortigia Siracusa" and "CUS Palermo". With SKA Minsk he won Soviet Men's Handball Championship several times, as well as the EHF Champions League in 1987, 1989 and 1990.
In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. He also won a silver medal at the World Championship in 1990.
Sviridenko received Order of Honor in 2008.
His sister Irina Sumnikova is a former basketball player for the Soviet Union, who won gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Who is Georgi Sviridenko?
Belarusian handball player
When was Georgi Sviridenko born?
Georgi Sviridenko was born on 3 December 1962 in Minsk.
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Georgi Sviridenko is a handball player.
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Georgi Sviridenko is Belarusian and Russian.
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