Igor Anatolievich Romishevsky (March 25, 1940 – September 28, 2013) was a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. At the

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and

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he won the gold medals with the Soviet team. He was gold medalist of the

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from 1969 to 1971 and silver medalist in 1972. Romishevsky was born in

Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast Zhukovsky (russian: link=no, Жуковский, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Moskva River, southeast of Moscow. Population: History The urban-type settlement of Stakhanovo was f ...

. He graduated from Moscow Forest Engineering Institute 1969 and received his PhD degree in 1974. During his professional hockey career he played with

HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ...

. He was later inducted into the

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in 1968.Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
/ref> In 1974–1979 Romishevsky was a chair of Sports Department at

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares speciali ...

. Since 1979 he was a head coach of

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for two seasons. In 1984–1990 Romishevsky was a head coach of SKA

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

. He died at age 73, on 28 September 2013, in

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1940 births 2013 deaths HC CSKA Moscow players Russian ice hockey defencemen Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Soviet ice hockey coaches Moscow State Forest University alumni Academic staff of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub