Rikard Grönborg (born 8 June 1968) is a Swedish former professional

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. He coached the ZSC Lions until end of december 2022. As Head Coach, he led Team Sweden to the gold medal at the

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. He played college hockey at St. Cloud State University before returning to Sweden to play two years of professional hockey. He started his coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach at the

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. He was an assistant coach with Team Sweden under head coach Pär Mårts at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

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* * 1968 births Living people St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players Sweden men's national ice hockey team coaches Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey defencemen Phoenix Cobras players Ice hockey coaches at the 2018 Winter Olympics {{Sweden-icehockey-bio-stub