Yuri Lyapkin

Yuri Evgenievich Lyapkin
Born (1945-01-21) January 21, 1945
Balashikha, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position defenseman
Shoots Right
National team  Soviet Union
Playing career –present
Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
1976 Ice hockey

Yuri Evgenievich Lyapkin (born January 21, 1945 in Balashikha, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League as a defenseman.[1] He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He won a gold medal playing for the undefeated Soviet Union team at the 1976 Olympics.[1][2] He also won world championships with the Soviet team in 1970/71, 72/73, 73/74, and 74/75, and a silver medal in 75/76.[3] He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973. He is Jewish.[1][2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lyapkin, Yuri". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists. Sussex Academic Press. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ Yuri Lyapkin - Eliteprospects.com
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