The history of Our Victories

The USSR team first took part in the Olympic Games in 1952. And it was the first place. All and all, our team has got 8 gold medals, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals. The Canadians have 8 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. The USA won 2 gold 8 silver and 1 bronze medal. The teams from Switzerland, Germany, Finland and Czechoslovakia also gained different medals.

Famous sportsmen

Vladislav Tretiak

Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak,born April 25, 1952 is a former goaltenderfor the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Teamin a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries. He is the current president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and was the general manager of the Russian 2010 Winter Olympic team.

He was a three-time Olympic champion, ten times world champion, played for CSKA Moscow.

Ilya Kovalchuk

Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Ковальчу́к; born April 15, 1983) Kovalchuk won his first medals with Russia in a major international event at the IIHF World U18 Championships, earning silver and gold medals in 2000 and 2001, respectively. He also competed for Russia at the World Junior Championships in 2001, but finished seventh.

In 2008 Kovalchuk played in the IIHF World Championship, held in Quebec City, Canada. He scored his only two goals of the tournament in the gold medal game against Team Canada – once to force the game into overtime, then the game-winner to give Russia the championship. The following year, he led Russia to a second straight gold medal over Canada in the 2009

IIHF World Championship and was named the tournament MVP.

Played in:

*2002 Winter Olympics (bronze)
* 2003 World Championships
* 2004 World Cup of Hockey
* 2005 World Championships (bronze)
* 2006 Winter Olympics
* 2007 World Championships (bronze)
* 2008 World Championships (gold)
* 2009 World Championships (gold)
* 2010 Winter Olympics
* 2010 World Championships (silver)

Biathlon

Date: 2016-01-14; view: 1046