Jozef Golonka (born 6 January 1938) is a Slovak former ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team. He won a bronze medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and won a silver medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. He is also a member of the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame (2002), German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (2004) and Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (2010).[1]
| Jozef Golonka | |||
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| Born |
6 January 1938 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | ||
| Playing career | 1955–1972 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| Representing Czechoslovakia
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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1964 Innsbruck | |
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1968 Grenoble | |
| World Championships | ||
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1959 Czechoslovakia | |
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1965 Finland | |
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1966 Yugoslavia | |
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1969 Sweden | |
Career statistics
editInternational
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1960 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1964 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1965 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 | |
| 1966 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1967 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | |
| 1968 | Czechoslovakia | OLY | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
| 1969 | Czechoslovakia | WC | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Senior totals | 61 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 46 | |||
References
edit- ^ Dvořáková, Helena (31 December 2018). "Narodil sa s hokejkou. Jozef Golonka je dieťa ľadu". Pravda (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- IIHF Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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