Jan Klapáč

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Jan Klapáč (born February 27, 1941 in Prague ) is a former Czechoslovak national ice hockey player who played for ASD Dukla Jihlava in the top division of Czechoslovakia , the 1st division , for 14 years and became world champion with the national team of the ČSSR in 1972 and one silver each - and won a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics.

Career

Jan Klapáč began his career at Dynamo Karlovy Vary and made his debut for Dynamo in the top division of the ČSSR at the age of 16. In 1961 he moved to ASD Dukla Jihlava due to his military service and played for this club in the top division of the ČSSR until 1975. With Dukla he became Czechoslovak series champion before moving to TJ Škoda Plzeň in the mid-1970s . In total, he scored 185 goals in 453 league games.

With the Czechoslovak national team Klapáč took from 1964 to 1973 in almost all international tournaments and won in 1968 at the Olympic Winter Games silver medal, the same applies as Vice World Champion title. Four years later, at the 1972 World Cup , he became world champion with the national team. He scored nine goals and six assists in 10 World Cup games.

Both with Dukla Jihlava, as well as in the national team, he usually played together with the brothers Jaroslav and Jiří Holík in a row. Overall, Jan Klapáč scored 56 goals in 110 international matches for the ČSSR.

Jan Klapáč is the maternal grandfather of the ski racer and snowboarder Ester Ledecká , her brother Jonáš Ledecký , artist, comic designer and musician, and the father-in-law of the pop musician Janek Ledecký .

Achievements and Awards

  • Czechoslovak champion in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974
  • Winning the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics
  • Winning the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics
  • Winning the gold medal at the 1972 World Cup
  • Winning the silver medal at the 1965, 1966, 1968 World Championships
  • Bronze medal won at the 1964, 1969, 1970 and 1973 World Championships
  • Top scorer of the 1964/65 season
  • Top scorer of the 1965/66 season

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Připomínáme legendu Jana Klapáče. In: hokejkv.cz. February 26, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2017 (Czech).
  2. ↑ hcduklajihlava.cz, Famous Players - "Hall of Fame" ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hcduklajihlava.cz
  3. ↑ sportovci.cz, profile Jan Klapáč  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sportovci.cz  
  4. ↑ chidlovski.com, Czechoslovakia 1972: Players' Info
  5. ↑ hokej.hansal.cz, player statistics of the ČSSR selection
  6. ^ Munzinger archive, Ravensburg: Ester Ledecká - Munzinger biography. In: munzinger.de. March 23, 1995, accessed December 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Christopher Clarey: Skiing or Snowboarding? Ester Ledecka Chose Both. The New York Times , November 27, 2017, accessed February 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Klapáč, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klapac, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak national ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia