Viktor Blinov
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Viktor Nikolayevich Blinov (b. September 1, 1945 in Omsk
, Soviet Union
- d. July 9, 1968 in Moscow
, Soviet Union
) was an ice hockey
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow
. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1968.
He played in his first international on February 26, 1965 against Canada. He won a gold medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics
. He scored ten goals in 32 internationas, the last of which was on February 17, 1968.
Blinov died from a heart attack he suffered during hockey practice. He was 22.
Omsk
-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
- d. July 9, 1968 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
) was an ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow
HC Spartak Moscow
HC Spartak is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They are members of the Bobrov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League .-History:One of the sections of the Spartak Moscow sports club, HC Spartak Moscow was established in 1946...
. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame
This is a list of ice hockey players of the USSR or Russia who were awarded either the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR or this title's successor Honoured Master of Sports of Russia respectively. The first ice hockey player was awarded this title in 1948...
in 1968.
He played in his first international on February 26, 1965 against Canada. He won a gold medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...
. He scored ten goals in 32 internationas, the last of which was on February 17, 1968.
Blinov died from a heart attack he suffered during hockey practice. He was 22.