This was reported on the website of the Russian Handball Federation.

As part of the Soviet Union national team, Fedyukin won gold at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, and he also won silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 1982 he became world champion.

After a player's career, Fedyukin headed CSKA and then Icelandic Fram. Later he was a consultant for Voronezh Energia.

Earlier it was reported that the four-time Stanley Cup winner Eddie Shack died at the age of 84.