Augustin Bubník

Augustin Bubník

Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men's ice hockey
1948 St. Moritz Team

Augustin "Gustav" Bubník (21 November 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – 18 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[1] He also played in the 1947 and 1949 World Championships, of which Czechoslovakia won both. He later worked as an ice hockey coach and was elected as an MP to the lower chamber of Czech Parliament from the Civic Democratic Party. He also worked as ice hockey coach of the Finnish National Team from 1966 to 1969, and was later inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.

He died on 18 April 2017, at the age of 88.

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Preceded by
Joe Wirkkunen
Finnish national ice hockey team coach
1966 – 1969
Succeeded by
Seppo Liitsola
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