Ice Hockey: Czech legend Josef Augusta dies at 70

Author: Agencies

PRAGUE: Czech ice hockey legend Josef Augusta, who won three world titles as a coach in 1999-2001, died at the age of 70 on Thursday, the Czech Ice Hockey Association said. Augusta had battled pancreatic cancer for years. As a left wing, Augusta won silver medals with former Czechoslovakia at the world championships in 1974, 1975 and 1978 and bronze in 1969. He was also on the team that won Olympic silver at Innsbruck in 1976. In the same year, he helped Czechoslovakia win silver at Canada Cup. Augusta started his coaching career with the Czech Republic national team in 1999 as an assistant to Ivan Hlinka, winning gold in his first year. Then he took over as head coach and won the world titles in 2000 and 2001.

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