The Hall of Fame of of the European Handball Federation was opened in a festive atmosphere in Vienna on Monday. 60 players were inducted into the Hall.
In particular, the list of legends includes the Olympic champion, the winner of the Champions League as a player and coach Talant Dujshebaev, 7-time winner of the Champions League Andrey Shchepkin, 6-time holder of the Champions League trophy Sergey Rutenko.
Two-time European champion, the head coach of the Russian national team Lyudmila Bodniyeva, 3-time world champion, two-time winner of the Champions League, the head coach of HC Rostov-Don Irina Dibirova (Poltoratskaya), the world champion in the USSR national team, 7-time winner of the Champions League Ausra Fridrikas were inducted into the Hall of Fame among women.
The EHF Hall of Fame:
Male:
Goalkeepers: Thierry Omeyer, Tomas Svensson, Arpad Sterbik;
Left wing: Stefan Kretzschmar, Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson, Michael Guigou, Nikolaj Jacobsen, Xavier O’Callaghan;
Right wing: Victor Tomas, Irfan Smajlagic, Lasse Syan, Vid Kavticnik;
Line player: Magnus Wislander, Dragan Skrbic, Christian Schwarzer, Carlos Prieto, Bjarte Myrhol;
Left back: Daniel Narcisse, Siarhei Rutenka, Momir Ilic, Filip Jicha;
Right back: Kiril Lazarov, Olafur Stefansson, Laszlo Nagy;
Centre back: Jackson Richardson, Ivano Balic, Enrique Masip, Talant Dujshebaev, Stefan Lovgren;
Defender: Andrei Xepkin, Ola Lindgren, Didier Dinart.
Female:
Goalkeeper: Valerie Nicolas, Jelena Grubisic (Bumbak), Cecilie Leganger, Katalin Palinger;
Left wing: Maja Savic, Petra Cumplova-Khekova, Christina Roslying-Christiansen;
Right wing: Christina Varzaru, Iris Moorhammer (Hable), Stephanie Cano, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth-Koren;
Line player: Heidi Loke, Dudmilla Bodnieva, Begona Fernandez;
Left back: Bojana Petrovic (Popovic), Narcisa Lecusanu, Ausra Fridrikas;
Right back: Grit Jurack, Katarina Bulatovic, Mette Vestergaard;
Centre back: Anita Gorbicz, Camilla Andersen, Nodjialem Myaro, Irina Poltoratskaya (Dibirova), Gro Hammersing-Edin;
Defender: Anja Althaus, Eduarda Amorim Valeska, Linnea Torstensson.
Photo: eurohandball.com
