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Viktor Kuzkin

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Viktor Kuzkin
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Innsbruck Team
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1965 Finland Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Yugoslavia Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Austria Team
Gold medal – first place 1969 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Switzerland Team

Viktor Grigorievich Kuzkin (July 6, 1940 – June 24, 2008[1]) was an ice hockey defender who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union.[citation needed]

Kuzkin won three gold medals in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics, winning them from 1964 to 1972.[citation needed] He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2005.[2][3]

He died after suffering a heart attack whilst diving in Sochi, Russia.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Скончался легендарный советский хоккеист Виктор Кузькин (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Вячеслав Фетисов попадет в Зал славы Международной федерации хоккея". Lenta.ru (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame sai kuusi uutta jäsentä". Yle (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2023.


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