Viktor Zinger

Soviet ice hockey player

Viktor Aleksandrovich Zinger (29 October 1941 — 24 September 2013) was an ice hockey goaltender who played in the Soviet Hockey League. Zinger was a five-time world champion and also won the gold medal with the Soviet ice hockey team at the 1968 Winter Olympics.[1] Zinger was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.

Viktor Zinger
Born 29 October 1941
Davydovo, USSR
Died 24 September 2013 (aged 71)
Moscow, Russia
Played for HC Spartak Moscow
National team  Soviet Union
Playing career 1958–1977
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Grenoble Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Finland Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Yugoslavia Team
Gold medal – first place 1967 Austria Team
Gold medal – first place 1969 Sweden Team

He died on September 24, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.[2]

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  1. "В Москве скончался олимпийский чемпион 1968 года по хоккею Виктор Зингер". Echo Moskvy. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. "Vo veku 72 rokov zomrel bývalý sovietsky brankár Viktor Zinger". Sportky.sk. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-24.

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