Alexandr Kozhukhov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Borisovich Kozhukhov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Shubarkuduk, Aktobe Province, Kazakh SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 2008 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Playmaker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1977 |
 Avangard Lvov
|
N/A | |
| – |
SKA Lvov
|
N/A | |
| – |
 Moscow Aviation Institute
|
N/A | |
| National team | |||
| 1967–1977 |
 USSR
|
20 | (30) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977–1992 |
USSR
|
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Aleksandr Borisovich Kozhukhov (Russian: Александр Борисович Кожухов; 3 June 1942 – 4 September 2008) was "The USSR Merited Master of Sports", "The Merited Coach of the USSR national handball team", and the "USSR Merited Figure of Physical Culture". He was a Russian, Soviet handball player, who became president of the USSR Handball Federation (1990–1992) and a president for the Handball Union of Russia (1992–2004) before being the Honorary President of the Handball Union of Russia (2004–2008).
Kozhukhov was born in Shubarkuduk village of Aktobe Province of modern Kazakhstan. He started playing handball at the age of fifteen. He started his handball career in 1957 as an amateur player, then he was invited to join Avangard L'vov a second division handball team in the USSR Hanball Championship.
Aleksandr stayed for eleven years in Lvov city of modern Ukraine playing for Avangard Lvov and SKA Lvov before he moved to MIA Moscow in 1968 where he started a successful career, winning the USSR Handball Championship for five times.
In 1967 Kozhukhov was called up to the national team when he made his first appearance during the Military Spartakiad of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries and a third-place finish for the USSR. He also participated in the 1970 World Men's Handball Championship in France, finishing ninth, coming third in group stage after Sweden and East Germany before defeating France (25:14), Iceland (19:15) and finally Japan (28:12) in the Placement Round.
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