Viktor Konovalenko

{{Short description|Soviet Union ice hockey player}}

{{About|the hockey player Viktor Konovalenko|the Ukrainian/Russian gem sculptor|Vasily_Konovalenko}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| name = Viktor Konovalenko

| image = Viktor Konovalenko.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 165

| played_for = Torpedo Gorky

| ntl_team = USSR

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1938|3|11}}

| birth_place = Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|2|20|1938|3|11}}

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| career_start = 1956

| career_end = 1972

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | the {{URS}}}}

{{MedalOlympics}}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Innsbruck | Team}}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Grenoble | Team}}

{{MedalWorldChampionships}}

{{MedalBronze|1961 Switzerland|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1963 Sweden|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1964 Innsbruck|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1965 Finland|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1966 Yugoslavia|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Austria|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Grenoble|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1970 Sweden|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1971 Switzerland|Team}}

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Viktor Sergeyevich Konovalenko ({{Langx|ru|Виктор Сергеевич Коноваленко}}; 11 March 1938 – 20 February 1996) was a Soviet ice hockey goaltender. He led the Soviet team to the Olympics gold medals in 1964 and 1968, to the IIHF World Championships title in 1963–1968, 1970 and 1971, and to the European title in 1963–68 and 1970. He was named the most valuable player in the Soviet league in 1970.

Konovalenko played his entire career from 1956 to 1972 for Torpedo Gorky (now Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod); he never won a national title, and once placed second (in 1961). As a goaltender of the Soviet team he replaced Nikolai Puchkov, and in 1971, he was succeeded by Vladislav Tretiak. In retirement he worked as a goaltender coach with Torpedo Gorky and later became director of the Torpedo Gorky sports arena, which was renamed to the Konovalenko Sports Palace after his death.

Konovalenko was posthumously inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.{{cite news|title=Пятеро россиян будут включены в Зал славы ИИХФ в 2007 году|last=Chernov|first=Alexander|date=9 November 2006|newspaper=Sport Express|language=ru|location=Moscow, Russia|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/world/news/158573/|access-date=21 June 2023}}