Miroslav Hlinka
- August 31, 1972
- September 14, 2014
- 42 years
- suicide by hanging
About Miroslav Hlinka
Miroslav Hlinka, 42, Slovak ice hockey player, gold medalist at the 2002 IIHF World Championship, suicide by hanging.
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Full Biography
|Miroslav Hlinka (31 August 1972 – 14 September 2014) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player and assistant coach.
He played both for Czech and Slovak national ice hockey team. He won the 2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with Slovak national ice hockey team.
Personal life and death
He was the cousin of Czech national team player Jaroslav Hlinka and the son of former player Miroslav Hlinka sr.
On 14 September 2014 he died by hanging in a hotel in Banská Bystrica. He is survived by his wife, his son Michal and his daughter Vanesa.
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