Jakob "Köbi" Kölliker (born 21 July 1953) is a Swiss former professional

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and current head coach of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team, and the Chinese men's national junior ice hockey team. During his playing career, he represented at the

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and

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, serving as

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at the later. He was inducted into the

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in 2007. He was head coach of EV Bomo Thun of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A) from August 2019 to November 2020 and remains an advisor to the team.

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* * * * 1953 births Living people EHC Biel players HC Ambrì-Piotta players Ice hockey people from Biel/Bienne Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Swiss ice hockey coaches Swiss ice hockey defencemen {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub