Vladimir Maksimov Biography

Vladimir Salmanovich Maksimov (Russian: Владимир Салманович Максимов, born October 14, 1945 in Kant, Kirghiz SSR) is a Soviet/Russian handball player. After his retirement as an active field player, he was chosen as a coach for the Russian national team, with which he won all three major titles in handball (European champion in 1996, world champion twice in 1993 and 1997 and Olympic champion in 2000). He is, with Claude Onesta for France, the only coach for a national handball team to have obtained these three titles.