Jaroslav Holík

Jaroslav Holík IPA2|ˈjaroslaf ˈɦoli:k (born August 3, 1942 in Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Jihlava. He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. He was also successful at the Ice Hockey World Championships, winning gold at the 1972 World Ice Hockey Championships in Prague, silver at the 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships in Tampere and 1966 World Ice Hockey Championships in Ljubljana, and bronze at the 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1970 World Ice Hockey Championships, both in Stockholm, and 1973 World Ice Hockey Championships in Moscow.

After he finished his playing career, he worked as a coach. In 1999 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame. In 2000 he led the Czech under-20 national team to the victory at the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden.

NHL player Bobby Holik is Jaroslav's son, Czechoslovak player Jiří Holík is his brother.

References

* cite web
title = Teams of Czechoslovakia at the top world tournaments (1920 - 1992)
url = http://hokej.hansal.cz/csl_rep.html
language = Czech
accessdate = 2007-10-21
* cite web
last = Kirchner
first = Jaroslav
coauthors = Jan Slepička
title = Jaroslav Holík - biography
publisher = Infocentrum českých sportovců
url = http://www.sportovci.cz/php/sportovec.php?sid=004000865&zobrazit=03
language = Czech
accessdate = 2007-10-21

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