Yevgeni Trefilov
Personal information
Nickname(s)King Tref (King of clubs, Король Треф)
Born (1955-09-04) 4 September 1955
Khutor Bezlesny, Ust-Labinsky District,
Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR

Yevgeni Vasilyevich Trefilov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Трефилов; born 4 September 1955) is the handball head coach of the Russian women's national team. He has led the Russian team to win the IHF World Women's Handball Championship four times, in 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2009. He rejoined the national team on 16 September 2013.[1] Under his supervision, Russia won the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Trefilov is known for his dictatorial style of coaching and physical abuse of female athletes. Despite this, he was highly regarded in the former Soviet Union and is now in Russia. Trefilov considers himself a Soviet patriot and has espoused xenophobic views.[3][4]

References

  1. Anastasia Bogdanova (16 September 2013). "Король Треф" [King Tref] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. "Russian women's handball coach extends contract through to after Tokyo 2020". 12 September 2020.
  3. Гандболистка Екатерина Ильина сравнила стиль работы Бодниевой и Трефилова
  4. «Без России в спорте неинтересно. Мы же не Гондурас». Яркое интервью с Евгением Трефиловым
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