Bio on Iakov Frenkel
Iakov Matveevich Frenkel of Russia has been selected as the Assistant Technical Director for Football for the 2005 Summer Deaflympic Games.
Iakov began his sports career in football in 1959. He was a member of USSR national deaf football team from 1969-1979. I. Frenkel also played on a hearing football team during the 1970's. In 1977 he won a bronze medal at the World Games of the Deaf in Bucharest (Romania). He also was a member of the championship team of USSR several times.
As a coach, Iakov has made an unbelievable development progress in the sport of football for USSR and Russia. The football team USSR became the European champion - in Belgium in 1991.
For his sport merits Iakov Frenkel was dignified a title "Honoured Coach of the Russian Federation".
Iakov Frenkel is a qualified specialist with a higher education in area of sport and physical culture. He is currently the President of Russian Deaf Football Union and Vice-president of Russian Committee of Deaf Sport. Frenkel works very well with Vyacheslav Koloskov, FIFA Vice-president.
We are very pleased to welcome Iakov!