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2010 Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver, CanadaFebruary 12-28
 
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Jaromir Jagr

Jaromir Jagr

  • Sport: Olympic Ice Hockey
  • Nation: Czech Republic
  • DOB: February 15, 1972
  • Career Highlights: Among the game’s all-time greatest players, Jagr spent 17 seasons in the NHL and ranks 13th in goals (646) and ninth in points (1,599) on the career list. He won four straight scoring titles from 1997-98 to 2000-01 and won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1998-99. He set career highs with 62 goals, 87 assists and 149 points in 1995-96, a record for points by a European-born player. A two-time Stanley Cup winner with Pittsburgh (1991, 1992) and an eight-time All-Star, Jagr scored 30 goals in an NHL-record 15 straight seasons, the last two coming as a member of the New York Rangers. Currently playing in Russia in the KHL, Jagr has not completely closed the door on a possible return to the NHL. A three-time Olympian, Jagr led the Czech Republic to the gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Games and the bronze medal in 2006.
  • Olympic History: 2006,2002,1998
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