Victor Blinov was a famous hockey player from Omsk, Russia. He played for the Omsk teams "Spartak" and "Aeroflot" before joining Moscow's famous "Spartak" team in 1964. Blinov won gold at the 1968 Winter Olympics and scored 10 goals in 32 international games. He was known for his powerful shot that could reach speeds of 200 km/h. Tragically, Blinov died of a heart attack at just 22 years old during a hockey practice. Omsk now has a sports complex named after Blinov where an annual memorial tournament is held in his honor.

1. VICTOR
BLINOV
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2. Sport in Omsk
Sport is very popular among young and old people
in Omsk. Actually, a healthy way of life is again
coming into fashion today. That is why people
have started to take an interest in sport.
Especially popular kinds of sport are hockey,
running, tennis and gymnastics.

3. Hockey
People from Omsk are
very good hockey
players. We have a
hockey team, which is
called «Avangard», a
lot of hockey
stadiums and many
famous sportsmen.

4. The best of the best
One of the famous Omsk sportsman was Victor Blinov.
He was the Europe, World and Olympic champion, a
person,who had «the most powerful throw in the
country» according to his teammate
V. Starshinov.

5. Some facts from biography
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V. Blinov was born in 1945 in a small village not
far from Omsk.
He started playing hockey in 1961 in Omsk
hockey teams “Spartak” and then “Aeroflot”
During 3 seasons he played 80 matches and
scored 13 goals
In 1964 he was invited into the famous Moscow
team “Spartak”

6. Some facts from biography
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He won a gold medal in the 1968 Winter
Olympics games.
He scored ten goals in 32 internationals.
When he threw the puck it gained speed of
about 200 km/h!
Blinov died from a heart attack he suffered
during the hockey practice. He was only 22.
He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet
Hockey Hall of Fame in 1968

7. Eternal memory
Omsk has a sports
complex, which is named
after Viktor Blinov.
The Victor Blinov
Memorial Tournament
takes place here every
year.