1. Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce.
12 Facts About Talant Dujshebaev
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Talant Dujshebaev successively played for 4 national teams in his playing career: First for the Soviet Union, then the Unified Team, then Russia and finally Spain.
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Talant Dujshebaev was born in Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union, and started his playing career in CSKA Moscow.
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Talant Dujshebaev started playing handball late; at the age of 14.
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Talant Dujshebaev participated on the 1992 Olympic Games as a member of the Unified Team and won the gold medal.
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Talant Dujshebaev became the top scorer of the games with 47 goals and was elected into the dream team of the tournament.
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Talant Dujshebaev gained several individual recognitions in the world championships, like being elected as the best player of the tournament in 1997, but he failed to win any medals with the Spanish team, which finished 4th in both 1999 and 2003.
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Ironically when Spain finally won the world championship in 2005, Talant Dujshebaev was no longer the member of the squad.
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Talant Dujshebaev was voted twice as the IHF World Player of the Year, in 1994 and in 1996.
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Talant Dujshebaev came in second in the IHF World Player of the Century voting behind Magnus Wislander from Sweden.
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Talant Dujshebaev coached Poland during the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France.
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Talant Dujshebaev is the father of Alex Dujshebaev and Daniel Dujshebaev, both of whom joined their father at Kielce in 2017.