Alexander Dawletowitsch Almetow

Alexander Almetov
Date of birth	January 18, 1940
place of birth	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR
date of death	September 21, 1992
Place of death	Moscow , Russia
size	178 cm
Weight	83 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1958-1967	HK CSKA Moscow

Alexander Dawletowitsch Almetow ( Russian Александр Давлетович Альметов ; born January 18, 1940 in Kiev , † September 21, 1992 in Moscow ) was a Russian ice hockey player .

Career

For the 1958/59 season, the 1.78 m tall and 83 kg heavy striker began his career with HK CSKA Moscow and he stayed with this club until he ended his active career after the 1966/67 season. In total, he scored 212 goals in 260 games in the Soviet league . He formed with his partners Weniamin Weniaminowitsch Alexandrow and Konstantin Borissowitsch Loktew a very successful storm series. He was appointed to the Soviet national ice hockey team at an early age . On February 12, 1959, he was in a game against Finland for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. His international career was crowned with a gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics . Four years earlier he and his team had already won the bronze medal. For the national team, he scored 75 goals in 107 international matches. At the Ice Hockey World Championships he was elected to the All-Star Team in 1965 and 1967 and was world champion with his team five times (1963 to 1967). In 1963 he was named the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR , in 1965 he received the Order of the Red Banner of Labor . On March 29, 1967, he played his last international match.

Web links

• Biography at peoples.ru (russ.)
• Statistics at chidlovski.net (engl.)
• Alexander Dawletowitsch Almetow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )