What is Josef Augusta (ice hockey)?
{{Infobox sportsperson | image = Josef Augusta.jpg | caption = Augusta in 2012 | birth_date = {{Birth-date|24 November 1946}} | birth_place = [[Havlíčkův Brod]] | death_date = {{Death-date and age|16 February 2017|24 November 1946}} | death_place = [[Jihlava]] | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{TCH}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalSilver| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] | [[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Team]]}} }} '''Josef Augusta''' (24 November 1946 &ndash; 16 February 2017) was a [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] [[ice hockey]] player and coach. He won a silver medal at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]. He later was [[head coach]] of Czech national hockey team at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], [[United States]]. He was the father of [[Patrik Augusta]]. He was born in [[Havlíčkův Brod]]. Augusta died from [[pancreatic cancer]] on 16 February 2017 in [[Jihlava]], at the age of 70.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guelphmercury.com/sports-story/7144078-czechoslovak-hockey-great-josef-augusta-dies-at-70/|title=Czechoslovak hockey great Josef Augusta dies at 70|work=Guelph Mercury|date=16 February 2017|access-date=16 February 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Augusta, Josef}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Ice hockey coaches]] [[Category:Czech ice hockey players]] [[Category:Czechoslovak ice hockey players]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia]] [[Category:Competitors at the 1976 Winter Olympics]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}