Finland Head Coach Jukka Jalonen - IIHF
Finland Head Coach Jukka Jalonen - IIHF
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Aljancic, Ernest (SLO)<br />
Born on May 31, 1945 in Ljubljana,<br />
Yugoslavia. Aljancic played ice<br />
hockey for 15 years for HC Olimpija<br />
and played six games with the national<br />
team of Yugoslavia. Returned<br />
to hockey as the vice-president of the<br />
Slovenian Ice Hockey Association in<br />
1994. Member of the Executive Committee of the Slovenian<br />
Olympic Committee, member of the <strong>IIHF</strong> Marketing<br />
Committee since 1998. Chairman of the Event Committee.<br />
<strong>IIHF</strong> Council Member since 2003.<br />
Gonzalez, Frank (ESP)<br />
Born on November 14, 1955<br />
in Barcelona, Spain. Played Junior B<br />
hockey for the Preston Raiders in Canada.<br />
Returned to Spain in the 1970s<br />
and joined the hockey program of FC<br />
Barcelona. Won several Spanish national<br />
championships with Casco-Viejo<br />
and later with C.G. Puigcerda. Moved to officiating after<br />
playing in many <strong>IIHF</strong> World Championships. Later served<br />
as referee supervisor at several <strong>IIHF</strong> championships. Spanish<br />
delegate to <strong>IIHF</strong> congress since 1991. Chairman of the<br />
Development Committee. <strong>IIHF</strong> Council member since 2003.<br />
Grupp, Beate (GER)<br />
Born on April 5, 1965 in Geislingen,<br />
Germany, Dr. Beate Grupp became<br />
one of the two first women to<br />
join the <strong>IIHF</strong> Council in 2003. Served as<br />
the team doctor of Germany’s national<br />
women’s team. Started practicing medicine<br />
in 1992 and in 1995 went on to<br />
get her degree with a Sports Medicine emphasis. Currently,<br />
works in Geislingen with her private practice where she focuses<br />
on physical therapy, sports medicine and orthopedics.<br />
Siroky, Juraj (SVK)<br />
Born on December, 29, 1953<br />
in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. In 1998,<br />
named president of HC Slovan Harvard<br />
Bratislava. Since 2001, was a member<br />
of the Sport Council of the Slovak Olympic<br />
Committee. <strong>IIHF</strong> career began in<br />
1999 in the Development Committee,<br />
also a member of the Championship Structure Committee.<br />
Worked for the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of<br />
former Czechoslovakia in the 1980s and was employed at<br />
the Czechoslovak embassy in Washington, USA. Chairman<br />
of the Officiating Committee. <strong>IIHF</strong> Council Member since<br />
2003.<br />
Englund, Christer (SWE)<br />
Born on August 29, 1947.<br />
Englund was a board member of the<br />
Swedish Ice Hockey Association from<br />
1993-2001 and was active on several<br />
committees. In 2004, he was named<br />
the chairman of the Swedish Ice Hockey<br />
Association. The former bank manager<br />
has also served as General Manager for the Swedish national<br />
team from 1994-96 and represented Sweden at several<br />
congresses dating back to Moscow in 1986. Joined the<br />
Council in 2008.<br />
Medvedev, Alexander (RUS)<br />
Born on August 14, 1955 in<br />
Shaktyorsk, Russia. Since 2008 Medvedev<br />
is the President and Chairman of<br />
the Kontinental Hockey League Executive<br />
Board. He was the driving force behind<br />
the founding of the KHL in 2008.<br />
First Deputy Chairman of the KHL and<br />
member of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Ice Hockey<br />
Association. Medvedev is well-known as Deputy Chairman<br />
of the energy company Gazprom. Elected to the <strong>IIHF</strong> Council<br />
in 2008.<br />
Rossi, Tony (USA)<br />
Born on April 9, 1941 in Illinois,<br />
USA. Rossi began his career in hockey<br />
in the 1970s in Illinois when he started<br />
a local hockey club for kids. Rossi was<br />
elected to the USA Hockey Board of<br />
Directors in 1983 and was named a director<br />
of the Central District in 1989. In<br />
1995, Rossi was named the USA Hockey Treasurer where<br />
he helped develop the USA Hockey Foundation. Rossi was<br />
elected USA Hockey Vice-President in 2003. Chairman of<br />
the Historical Committee. Elected to the <strong>IIHF</strong> Council in<br />
2008.<br />
Scheier-Schneider, Monique (LUX)<br />
Born on October 15, 1954.<br />
Scheier-Schneider was elected in 2008<br />
becoming the third-ever female council<br />
member. She has worked in hockey since<br />
1974 and has been the general secretary<br />
of the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Association<br />
since 1992. In addition, she managed various Luxembourg<br />
national teams and was also the president of Tornado<br />
Luxembourg since 2002. Council member since 2008.<br />
Lichtner, Horst (GER)<br />
General Secretary<br />
Born on Aug. 31, 1959 in Essen,<br />
Germany. Started as a personal assistant<br />
to the President of the German NOC, Dr.<br />
Daume and went on to leading marketing<br />
positions in various sports companies<br />
(ISL, CWL, TEAM). In 2001, he joined the<br />
German Football Association as Marketing Director. Became<br />
General Secretary of the <strong>IIHF</strong> in 2006. In 2007 he<br />
became General Secretary of the AIOWF.<br />
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