Irek Faritovich Gimayev (Russian: Ирек Фаритович Гимаев, Bashkir: Ирек Фәрит улы Ғимаев;[1] born September 2, 1957, in Sukkulovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian retired ice hockey defenceman.
Gimayev played in the Soviet Hockey League for Salavat Yulaev Ufa and HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982 and is also an Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR.[2] He is an ethnic Tatar.[3]
References
- ^ Гимаевы[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ирек Гимаев: «Больше всех крови выпил Моисеев»[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Татарский народ". tatarlar.info. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
