Oleg Velyky

Oleg Velyky (Ukrainian: Олег Великий, Oleh Welykyj) (14 October 1977 – 23 January 2010)[1][2] was a Ukrainian and German handball player. He was a World champion 2007 with the German national team; he was on the team roster, but did not play because of an injury.

Oleg Velyky
Personal information
Born (1977-10-14)14 October 1977
Brovary, Ukraine
Died 23 January 2010(2010-01-23) (aged 32)
Nationality Ukrainian and German
National team
Years Team
 Germany
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's handball
World championship
Gold medal – first place2007 GermanyTeam Competition

Velyky was born in Brovary, Ukraine. He became a German citizen in April 2004. He participated on the German team which finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.[3]

Club player

Velyky won the EHF Cup in 2005 with the club TUSEM Essen and played for the Rhein-Neckar Löwn and HSV Handball.

Family

Velyky was married to Kataryna and had one son.[4]

Health

He ruptured his cruciate ligament twice, first in 2006 and again in 2008, and sprained his foot in 2007. His health problems limited his international career to the World Championships in 2005 and one game in the 2008 European Championships.[5]

In September 2003, he was diagnosed with a melanoma; it was in remission until the disease returned in March 2008, and caused his death in Kyiv, aged 32, in January 2010.[5]

References
  1. Spiegel.de:Nationalspieler Oleg Velyky gestorben (in German)
  2. Oleg Velyky dies of cancer at 32, Kyiv Post (January 23, 2010)
  3. "Germany" – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 5, 2008)
  4. HSV Handball: Oleg Velyky Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Nationalspieler Velyky wieder an Krebs erkrankt


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