Igor Romishevsky

Igor Anatolievich Romishevsky (March 25, 1940 – September 28, 2013) was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. At the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics he won the gold medals with the Soviet team. He was gold medalist of the World Championships from 1969 to 1971 and silver medalist in 1972.

Igor Romishevsky
Igor Romishevsky (center) receives an honorary badge
Born	(1940-03-25) 25 March 1940 Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	September 28, 2013(2013-09-28) (aged 73) Moscow, Russia
Position	Defense
Played for	HC SKA Kuybyshev (1960–1962) CSKA Moscow (1962–1972)
National team	Soviet Union
Playing career	1960–1972
Medal record Men's ice hockey Representing Soviet Union Winter Olympics 1968 Grenoble Team 1972 Sapporo Team World Championships 1969 Sweden Team 1970 Sweden Team 1971 Switzerland Team 1972 Czechoslovakia

Romishevsky was born in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast. He graduated from Moscow Forest Engineering Institute 1969 and received his PhD degree in 1974.

During his professional hockey career he played with HC CSKA Moscow.

He was later inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1968.[1]

In 1974–1979 Romishevsky was a chair of Sports Department at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Since 1979 he was a head coach of SKA Leningrad for two seasons. In 1984–1990 Romishevsky was a head coach of SKA Novosibirsk.

He died at age 73, on 28 September 2013, in Moscow.