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Ice hockey player
Oleg Znarok
Oleg Znarok in 2014
Born
(1963-01-02) 2 January 1963 (age 61) Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Left
Played for
Dinamo Riga Vítkovice EV Landsberg EHC Freiburg Heilbronner Falken
National team
Soviet Union and Latvia
Playing career
1979–2002
Oleg Valerievich Znarok (Russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, Latvian: Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and consultant of the Russia men's national ice hockey team.[1]
Internationally, he guided Russia to gold, silver, two bronze performances in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Championships, respectively, and to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Znarok coached the Latvian national team at five IIHF World Championships, two IIHF World U-20 Championships and one IIHF World U-18 Championship.[3]
He had coached Dynamo Moscow to back to back Gagarin Cup championships, in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and a Continental Cup in 2013–14 season. As well taking HC MVD to an appearance in the Gagarin Cup final of the 2009–10 season, losing in seven games.[4]
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Mikhalev Head coach: Torgny Bendelin Head coach: Radim Rulík Head coach: Branislav Šajban Head coach: OlegsZnaroks International Ice Hockey Federation...
professional coaches. Such famous hockey players as Helmuts Balderis, OlegZnarok, Anatolijs Jemeļjanenko, Sergejs Povečerovskis, Juris Opuļskis, Aleksandrs...
Olympics. Head coach: Leonīds Beresņevs Assistant coach: Harijs Vītoliņš, OļegsZnaroks Round-robin Source: IIHF "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved...
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