Václav Roziňák

{{Short description|Czechoslovak ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|7}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|3|1|1922|12|7}}

| death_place = Zürich, Switzerland

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| position = Right Wing

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| played_for = SK Podoli Praha
LTC Praha
TJ Rudá Hvězda Brno
TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo

| coached_for = TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo
Grasshopper Club Zürich
Rapperswil-Jona
EHC Bassersdorf

| sex = male

| ntl_team = TCH

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| career_start = 1940

| career_end = 1964

| career_start_coach = 1964

| career_end_coach = 1973

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Winter Olympics}}

{{MedalSilver| 1948 St. Moritz | Team}}

{{MedalSport | World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1947 Prague | Team}}

{{MedalGold| 1949 Stockholm | Team}}

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Václav Roziňák (December 7, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – March 1, 1997 in Zürich, Switzerland) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161737/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TCH/winter/1948/ICH/ Sports Reference]

In 1950 he was imprisoned with other Czech hockey players by the communist government. His career and the careers of his colleagues were ended by the communist regime. After being released from the prison, he emigrated in 1968 to Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://hokej.idnes.cz/vladimir-kobranov-zemrel-hokejove-ms-1949-komuniste-proces-pmb-/reprezentace.aspx?c=A151026_165835_reprezentace_bem|title=Zemřel hokejista Vladimír Kobranov, mistr světa vězněný komunisty|author=Michael Bereň|date=26 October 2015|work=iDNES.cz}}

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