Leonid Ratner


Leonid Anatolyevich Ratner 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.
In 2000 he won silver medals with Ukraine at the 2000 European Championship, losing to Hungary in extra time. This is Ukraine's best result to date.
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.
He was known for having load outburst, shouting at his players during matches, and in some instances even dismissing them during matches.