Yuri Baulin

Yuri Nikolaevich Baulin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Баулин; October 5, 1933 – December 5, 2006) (also spelled: Yury) was an ice hockey player who played for the Soviet national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[1]

Yuri Baulin
Born (1933-10-05)October 5, 1933
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died December 5, 2006(2006-12-05) (aged 73)
Zelenograd, Russia
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Spartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
SKA Leningrad
Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
National team  Soviet Union
Playing career 19521964
Yuri Baulin
Medal record
Representing
Olympic Games
1960 Squaw Valley Ice Hockey
World Championships
1959 Prague Ice Hockey

Biography

Yuri Baulin began to play hockey in 1952 with Spartak Moscow, but in 1953 joined CSKA Moscow, playing there until 1962. He then played with SKA Leningrad (1962–64) and ended his playing career in 1964-65 with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk. Baulin won Soviet titles six times (1955, 1956 and 1958–61). Internationally, besides his Olympic bronze, Baulin won silver (1959) and bronze (1960) at the World Championships and was European Champion in 1959 and 1960. After his playing career ended, Baulin worked as a hockey coach. At first he was the head coach of Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, then worked as a coach with Spartak Moscow in 1971-72, winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Soviet Championships. In 1970-71 he was the head coach of the Soviet national junior team, which included such future stars as Vladislav Tretyak, Helmūts Balderis and Aleksandr Golikov, and Baulin won two World Junior Championship with them. After that he was a long-time coach of Yenbek Alma-Ata until his retirement in the late 1980s.

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