Jakob Kölliker Explained

Birth Date:21 July 1953
Birth Place:Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland
Team Coach:Chinese women's national team
Career Start Coach:1993
Height Cm:185
Weight Kg:86
Shoots:Left
Sex:m
Ntl Team:SUI
Career Start:1971
Career End:1995

Jakob "Köbi" Kölliker (born 21 July 1953) is a retired Swiss ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team,[1] and the Chinese men's national junior ice hockey team.[2] During his playing career, he represented at the Winter Olympics in 1976 and 1988, serving as team captain at the later. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007.

He was head coach of EV Bomo Thun of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A (SWHL A) from August 2019 to November 2020 and remains an advisor to the team.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: IIHF Hall of Fame inductee appointed head coach of China's women's ice hockey team. Etchells. Daniel. 28 March 2019. Inside the Games. Bletchley, England. 22 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 2019-01-28. Swiss legend helps China. 2020-12-13. International Ice Hockey Federation. en.
  3. Web site: Berger. Peter. 2020-11-11. Schluss nach 14 Monaten – Kölliker ist nicht mehr Trainer der Bomo-Frauen. 2020-12-13. Berner Zeitung. de-ch.