Nikolai Sologubov

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Nikolai Sologubov
USSR
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
SportIce hockey
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Team
World championships
Silver medal – second place
1955 West Germany
 Team
Gold medal – first place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Team
Silver medal – second place
1957 Moscow
 Team
Silver medal – second place
1958 Oslo
 Team
Silver medal – second place
1959 Prague
 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Squaw Valley Team
Bronze medal – third place
1961 Switzerland
 Team
Gold medal – first place
1963 Stockholm
 Team

Nikolai Mikhailovich Sologubov (Russian: Николай Михайлович Сологубов; 8 August 1924 – 30 December 1988[1]) was a Russian ice hockey defenceman who won a gold and a bronze medal with Soviet teams at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, respectively.[2] He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004.

World War II

Sologubov took part in

Leningrad front once again.[4] He was wounded for the third time during the Krasnoye Selo offensive, when a "jumping mine" exploded very close to him. The wound was so serious, that doctors were going to amputate his leg, suspecting gangrene. Fortunately, this diagnosis had not been confirmed, but he was operated four times on the right leg and four times on the left one.[3][4]

Sports career

Sologubov took up skating to heal his foot injury

1962 World Ice Hockey Championships), including Winter Olympics, world and European championships. He was the team captain in 1957–61 and served as the Soviet Olympic flag bearer at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[5] He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 and the European title in 1955–56, 1958–60 and 1963. At the world championships he won a gold medal in 1956 and 1963, a silver in 1955 and 1957–1959, and a bronze in 1960 and 1961, and was named world's best defenceman in 1956, 1957 and 1960. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004.[2]

Sologubov is known for trying to help the U.S. team at the 1960 Winter Olympics. When the U.S. was losing to Czechoslovakia, Sologubov went to their dressing room and informed them (using gestures, because he did not speak English) that they should use oxygen cans for better recovery during the breaks. The Americans came back to win the game and the gold medal. The Soviets needed the United States to defeat Czechoslovakia to have an opportunity to win the silver medal. However, the Soviets would lose their last game of the tournament, ending in a third place.[2]

Retirement, awards and honours

In 1957, Sologubov was awarded the

Medal for Battle Merit and the Medal "For Labour Valour".[3] After retiring from competitions he coached ice hockey teams in Penza (1966–67) and Novokuznetsk (1967–68). In 1967 he published a book My Friend Hockey (Russian: Мой друг хоккей).[2] He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004.[7]

References

  1. ^ Ice Hockey Fame Museum of Russia[permanent dead link]. mhsr.ru
  2. ^ a b c d e Nikolay Sologubov. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ a b c (in Russian) The Champion Came from the Front Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. tribuna.ru
  4. ^
    Soviet Sport
    , 4 May 2000
  5. ^ Soviet Union. sports-reference.com
  6. Fizkultura i sport
    . p. 581.
  7. ^ Bektemirov, Farid (28 August 2012). "Николай Сологубов: ветеран ледового фронта". Championat (in Russian). Moscow, Russia. Retrieved 25 June 2023.

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