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- Birth nameViktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov
- Viktor Tikhonov is a Soviet ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet team when it was the dominant team in the world, winning eight World Championship gold medals, as well as Olympic gold in 1984, 1988, and 1992. Tikhonov also led CSKA Moscow to twelve consecutive league championships. He was named to the IIHF Hall of Fame as a builder in 1998.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseTatyana Vasilyevna Tikhonova(1953 - November 24, 2014) (his death, 1 child)
- ChildrenVasiliy Tikhonov
- ParentsAnna IvanovnaVasiliy Prokhorovich Tikhonov
- RelativesViktor Tikhonov(Grandchild)
- Legendary Russian ice hockey coach, who led Soviet Union team to several Olympic and World Championship gold medals.
- Viktor's son Vasily was also a professional ice hockey coach, who worked in Finland, United States and Switzerland but moved back to Russia to live with his family. Vasily died in a fall from the window of his Moscow apartment in August 2013. Viktor's grandson, also named Viktor Tikhonov, was chosen to join Team Russia at the 2007 Super Series against Team Canada after Game Four of the eight-game-series was completed.
- He also had a successful career as a hockey player, winning four Soviet titles as a defenseman.
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