Olympedia – Nikolay Karpov

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Coach
Sex	Male
Full name	Nikolay Ivanovich•Karpov
Used name	Nikolay•Karpov
Original name	Карпов•Николай Иванович
Born	8 November 1929 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS)
Died	7 November 2013 in Moskva (Moscow), Moskva (RUS)
Affiliations	Krylya Sovetov Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
NOC	Japan Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian Federation Soviet Union

Medals	OG
Gold	0
Silver	0
Bronze	1
Total	1

Biography

Nikolay Karpov began to play hockey in 1951 with CSKA Moskva, joining ODO Leningrad in 1952, and from 1954-58 he played with Dynamo Moskva. Karpov finished his playing career in Krylya Sovetov Moskva, playing with them from 1958-65. Karpov never won a Soviet title, but was runner-up in 1952 and won six bronzes (1955-60). Internationally, besides his Olympic bronze, Karpov won bronze at the 1960 World Championships and won the 1960 European Championship. After his playing career, Karpov worked as a head coach of Spartak Moskva from 1968-70 and 1975-77. With them he won two Soviet titles (1969 and 1976) and one bronze (1975). From 1978-79, he was a head coach of Lokomotiv Moskva and from 1979-83 a head coach of Torpedo Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod). Nikolay Karpov later worked as an advisor to the president of the Spartak Moskva hockey club.