Voldemaras Novickis (22 February 1956 – 31 January 2022) was a Lithuanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1956-02-22)22 February 1956 Kalesninkai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
31 January 2022(2022-01-31) (aged 65) Kaunas, Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2020 | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2019 | Granitas Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1980, he won the silver medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored nine goals. Eight years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played five matches including the final. In 1987 he won EHF Cup with Granitas Kaunas. One year later in 1988, Granitas Kaunas managed to get into the EHF Cup final one more time, however they lost by a very narrow margin. From 1993 he became head coach of Granitas Kaunas and managed until 2019 with numerous titles won.[1]
He died from cancer in Kaunas on 31 January 2022, at the age of 65.[2][1]
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