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Leonid Ratner

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Leonid Ratner
Personal information
Born (1937-12-26) 26 December 1937 (age 87)
Kremenchuk, Ukraine SSR
Teams managed
Years Team
1996-2004
Ukraine
2011-2015
Ukraine
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Coach
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2000 Romania

Leonid Anatolyevich Ratner (Ukrainian: Леонід Анатолійович Ратнер; born 26 December 1937) is a Ukrainian handball coach who has been the head coach for the Ukrainian women's national team over two periods from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2015.[1]

In 2000 he won silver medals with Ukraine at the 2000 European Championship,[2] losing to Hungary in extra time. This is Ukraine's best result to date.[3] In 2004 he coached the team to a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, losing to Denmark in the semifinal and beating France in the third place playoff.[4]

He was known for having load outburst, shouting at his players during matches, and in some instances even dismissing them during matches.[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship
  2. ^ a b "Ukraines hidsige 'bedstefar': Vi kan godt lide ham". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ pr may 2025
  4. ^ "Handball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009.
  5. ^ "Nu er den gal igen: Se rasende EM-træner smide spiller væk". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
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