Oleg Znarok

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Oleg Znarok
Oleg Znarok in 2014
Born	(1963-01-02) 2 January 1963 (age 61) Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Dinamo Riga Vítkovice EV Landsberg EHC Freiburg Heilbronner Falken
National team	Soviet Union and  Latvia
Playing career	1979–2002

Oleg Valerievich Znarok (Russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, Latvian: Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and consultant of the Russia men's national ice hockey team.^[1]

Internationally, he guided Russia to gold, silver, two bronze performances in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Championships, respectively, and to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[2] Znarok coached the Latvian national team at five IIHF World Championships, two IIHF World U-20 Championships and one IIHF World U-18 Championship.^[3]

He had coached Dynamo Moscow to back to back Gagarin Cup championships, in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and a Continental Cup in 2013–14 season. As well taking HC MVD to an appearance in the Gagarin Cup final of the 2009–10 season, losing in seven games.^[4]