Jaroslav Pitner (26 February 1926–2009) was a
Czech ice hockey coach nicknamed the "General of Ice Hockey".
Pitner led the
Czechoslovakian national team to key victories over the
Soviet team in 1969, a year after the Soviet Union led
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Under his leadership, the team also won the world title in 1972, as well as a silver medal at the
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...
and a bronze at the
1972 games.
Jaroslav Pitner
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References
2009 deaths
Czech ice hockey coaches
Czechoslovak ice hockey coaches
Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team coaches
1926 births
Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
People from Mělník District
Ice hockey people from the Central Bohemian Region
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