Reto Pavoni (born January 24, 1968), is a retired Swiss

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. Pavoni was born in

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, and played for

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in the Swiss

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. He also represented the

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on several occasions in the World Junior Championships, World Championships and Olympics.

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* 1968 births Living people EV Landshut players Genève-Servette HC players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players EHC Kloten players Krefeld Pinguine players Swiss ice hockey goaltenders Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bülach Ice hockey people from the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub