Oldřich Machač (18 April 1946 in
Prostějov
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– 10 August 2011 in
Brno
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) was a
Czech
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ice hockey
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player who played in the
Czechoslovak Extraliga
The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split.
History ...
. He won three medals in three Winter Olympic games. He was inducted into the
International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.
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IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame bio(archived)
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1946 births
2011 deaths
Czech ice hockey defencemen
Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
Expatriate ice hockey players in West Germany
HC Kometa Brno players
HC Košice players
Ice hockey people from Prostějov
Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
Starbulls Rosenheim players
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