| Raymond Gafner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1915-02-17)17 February 1915 | ||
| Died | 26 November 2002(2002-11-26) (aged 87) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| NL-A team | Lausanne HC | ||
| National team |  Switzerland | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1938–1944 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sice hockey | ||
 | Pierre de Coubertin medal | 1999 |
Raymond Gafner (17 February 1915 – 26 November 2002) was an ice hockey player, referee, and a member of theIOC between 1969 and 1990.
Raymond Gafner was born inLausanne,Switzerland in 1915. From 1931 on, he studied Law, after which he was director of the local hospital from 1954 until 1974 and of the university hospital until 1980. From 1942 until 1950, he was the chief scout of Lausanne and Switzerland's biggest scout group "La Brigade de Sauvabelin". He was a hockey and ice hockey goaltender in the premier Swiss league and later an international ice hockey referee, and was the president of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation from 1945 until 1951, celebrating the bronze medal at the World Championships in 1950. He became a member of the SwissOlympic Committee in 1947 and was the president of the Committee from 1965 until 1985. He was a member of theInternational Olympic Committee from 1969 until 1990, when he became an honorary member, and is one of the founders of theOlympic Museum in Lausanne in 1993. He died in 2002 after a prolonged disease.[1]
Gafner was also known as a writer, publishing 6 sport related books between 1983 and 1993.[2]
