22 Facts About Hans Dobida

Hans Dobida was an Austrian ice hockey administrator.

Hans Dobida helped Austria organize hosting ice hockey at the Olympic Games and the Ice Hockey World Championships; and as a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation council, oversaw the IIHF Continental Cup, and sat on the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship committee.

Hans Dobida was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame, the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Slovenian Hockey Hall of Fame, and received the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Hans Dobida played for the ATSE Graz second-level team from 1950 to 1954, and served as head of section at ATSE Graz from 1947 to 1977.

Hans Dobida was chairman of the 1970 IIHF European U19 Championship Group B hosted in Austria.

Hans Dobida was proud of the 1973 event for which all games involving the Austria men's national team were sold out, with an over-capacity crowd in the final at Eisstadion Liebenau.

Hans Dobida welcomed a new branch into the national association in 1994, when the Lower Austrian Ice Hockey Association separated from the Vienna branch.

Hans Dobida retired as president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association in 1996, and was succeeded by Dieter Kalt Sr.

Hans Dobida was a member of the Austrian Federal Sports Organization, the Association for Sport and Physical Culture in Austria, and the Styrian State Sports Organization.

Hans Dobida began in international hockey in 1977, as the delegate from the Austrian Ice Hockey Association to the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Hans Dobida later served on the IIHF council from 1986 to 2008, and was its treasurer from 1998 to 2008.

Hans Dobida served as an IIHF auditor, and participated in its strategic consulting group.

Hans Dobida acted as chairman of approximately 50 tournaments including the Ice Hockey World Championships, and served as chairman of the IIHF Continental Cup until 2018.

Hans Dobida was chairman of the 2008 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship committee in Bratislava.

Hans Dobida stated that the IIHF's roller in-line hockey program provided development opportunities for IIHF members, and has grown in popularity and credibility with organizational support from Walter Bush, and the participation of former National Hockey League players.

Hans Dobida was named an honorary president of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association on 29 June 1996, and later an honorary member of the Austrian Olympic Committee.

Hans Dobida was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2004, and into the Slovenian Hockey Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 2007.

Hans Dobida was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007, in the builder category.

Hans Dobida was later made a life member of the IIHF in 2008.

Hans Dobida was given the Panathlon International Award in 2011, as a founding member of Club Graz.

Hans Dobida was an honorary member of the Austrian Olympic Committee, and was a recipient of the "Gold Medal" class of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Hans Dobida studied civil engineering, then was employed by an insurance company following in his father's work.