The sports game of hockey is a spectacular action. The whole world is watching the hockey championships with bated breath. And the game of the great Soviet team is still admired by the fans. Vladimir Yakovlevich Lutchenko also played in the team of famous athletes.
Hockey player biography
Vladimir Yakovlevich Lutchenko was born on January 2, 1949 in a small urban-type settlement Ramenskoye, in the Moscow region. Vladimir's father left the family when the boy was not even seven years old. Mom worked all day at the factory and little Volodya was left to himself. He spent his childhood on the street in the company of neighboring children, where he learned to play football and basketball well. When the energetic and capable boy started skating, hockey became his main hobby.
In his youth, Vladimir Lutchenko, due to his tall stature, looked older than his peers. This allowed him to join a local hockey club as a teenager. His passion for an interesting game became stronger and stronger, and Volodya did not miss a single broadcast of world hockey. The young man had a dream - to become a great hockey player.
Sports career
In 1964, the famous coach Anatoly Tarasov took Lutchenko to his hockey team. Having proven himself from a good side, the future champion plays in the same team with famous athletes such as Smolin and Kharlamov. Since 1967, Vladimir Yakovlevich has been a member of the hockey team of the Soviet Union as a defender. Five years after the start of joint performances, the team of Vladimir Lutchenko wins gold at the Winter Olympic Games held in the Japanese city of Sapporo.
In 1975, having scored more than a hundred goals, Vladimir Yakovlevich is one of the best attacking hockey players in the country, despite the fact that he performs defensive functions in the team. In the same 1975, in the tournament match for the Izvestia Cup, a hockey player held in Moscow plays a phenomenal game, scoring four goals. Nobody else managed to repeat this like that. Then the stellar team took first place, leaving Czechoslovakia and Sweden behind. In 1976, at the Olympic Games in Austria, gold again goes to hockey players from the Soviet Union.
Honorable contributions
In 1970, Vladimir Yakovlevich Lutchenko was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. In the 80s, the great Soviet athlete was awarded the Orders of Honor and the Red Banner of Labor, and in 2011 - the state award "For Services to the Fatherland." In 1981, he ended his professional career, and after three years, becoming a children's hockey coach, he moved to America. Since 2004 he has been working as a scout in the Ranger squad in New York.
Personal life
Vladimir Yakovlevich Lutchenko lives in a happy marriage with his only wife and has two adult daughters. He is actively involved in sports and trains future champions. On January 2, 2019, Vladimir Yakovlevich celebrated his 70th birthday.
