Voldemaras Novickis
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Full name | Valdemaras Alexandrowitsch Novickis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Kalesninkai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 22 February 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
31 January 2022 Kaunas, Lithuania | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Žalgiris Kaunas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1988 | Granitas Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | BM Puleva Malaga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | VfL Bad Schwartau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Granitas Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1993–2000 | Lithuania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2019 | Granitas Kaunas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valdemaras 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.
Club career
[edit]The 1.86 m tall right-hander, who weighed 103 kg when he was playing, began his professional career in his hometown at Žalgiris Kaunas.[citation needed] After moving to city rivals Granitas Kaunas, he was Soviet runner-up in the 1981 and 1985 seasons, and came third in 1979 and 1986 seasons.[citation needed] In 1986/87 he led Granitas as captain to win the IHF Cup with two draws (23:23, 18:18) against Atlético Madrid.[1] Just one year later he lost to HC Minaur Baia Mare (21:20, 20:23) in the final of the 1987/88 IHF Cup.[citation needed] He then moved to Spain to BM Puleva Málaga in the 1988/89 season and from there to Germany to VfL Bad Schwartau, with whom he became champion of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1990.[citation needed] He did not accept a subsequent offer in Denmark and returned to Lithuania.[2] He ended his career at Granitas Kaunas.[3]
National teams
[edit]With the Soviet junior selection he was junior world champion in 1977. At the World Championship 1978 he lost with the Soviet men's national handball team to the west German team.[citation needed] Also at the Olympic Games 1980 in Moscow he had to content with silver; here the Soviet team lost to the East German selection. Novickis' participation was in doubt, having broken his leg just two weeks earlier.[citation needed] At the World Championship 1982 he won his first major title. He became world champion with a 30:27 after extra time against Yugoslavia. For the title he received the award Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.[citation needed] In 1985 he defeated the GDR selection in the final of the Supercup in Germany, where he continued to play despite injuries to his hand and leg.[2] In 1986 he was awarded a ban from the national team for half a year, after his return he was then elected captain.[citation needed] At the Olympic Games 1988 in Seoul he became Olympic Champion with the Soviet Union.[citation needed]
He died from cancer in Kaunas on 31 January 2022, at the age of 65.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Istorinė Lietuvos rankinio pergalė: 1987 m. IHF čempionai - Kauno „Granito" rankininkai (2)" (in Lithuanian). www.sportas.lt. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Be pusės inksto likęs olimpinis čempionas V. Novickis: „Didelio dėmesio negaunu. Pamiršo"" (in Lithuanian). www.lrytas.lt. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Archived 16 July 2012 at verslas.lrytas.lt (Error: unknown archive URL) (lithuanian) retrieved 22 May 2019
- ^ "Anapalin iškeliavo legendinis rankinio treneris bei žaidėjas Valdemaras Novickis". Lietuvos rankinio federacija (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Voldemaras Novickis". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
External links
[edit]- 1956 births
- 2022 deaths
- Soviet male handball players
- Lithuanian male handball players
- Lithuanian people of Polish descent
- Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- People from Alytus District Municipality
- Sportspeople from Alytus County
- Deaths from cancer in Lithuania
- Friendship Games medalists in handball
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate handball players in Spain
- Expatriate handball players in Germany