Yevgeni Trefilov

Yevgeni Vasilyevich Trefilov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Трефилов; born 4 September 1955) is a former 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.

[2] Trefilov is known for his dictatorial style of coaching and physical abuse of female athletes.

Trefilov considers himself a Soviet patriot and has espoused xenophobic views.

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