Yuri Lyapkin

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Yuri Lyapkin
Born (1945-01-21) January 21, 1945 (age 79)
Balashikha, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Khimik Voskresensk
HC Spartak Moscow
Oji Seishi
National teamFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Playing career 19641982
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Innsbruck Team

Yuri Evgenievich Lyapkin (born January 21, 1945) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. [1]

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Biography

Lyapkin is Jewish. [1] [2] He played in the Soviet Hockey League for Khimik Voskresensk and HC Spartak Moscow. He won a gold medal playing for the undefeated Soviet Union team at the 1976 Olympics. [1] [2] [3] 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. [4]

He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. [5]

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References

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  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. ISBN   9781903900888 . Retrieved October 18, 2011.
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