Jozef Golonka (born 6 January 1938) is a Slovak former ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team. He won a bronze medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and won a silver medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. He is also a member of the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame (2002), German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (2004) and Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (2010).[1]

Jozef Golonka
Born (1938-01-06) 6 January 1938 (age 86)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Centre
National team  Czechoslovakia
Playing career 1955–1972
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Innsbruck
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1965 Finland
Silver medal – second place 1966 Yugoslavia
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Sweden

Career statistics

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International

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Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1959 Czechoslovakia WC 8 7 4 11 2
1960 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 6 4 10 4
1964 Czechoslovakia OLY 8 5 2 7 10
1965 Czechoslovakia WC 7 6 8 14 2
1966 Czechoslovakia WC 7 2 4 6 4
1967 Czechoslovakia WC 7 5 6 11 8
1968 Czechoslovakia OLY 7 4 6 10 8
1969 Czechoslovakia WC 10 2 1 3 8
Senior totals 61 37 35 72 46

References

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  1. ^ Dvořáková, Helena (31 December 2018). "Narodil sa s hokejkou. Jozef Golonka je dieťa ľadu". Pravda (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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