Roland Ramoser (born September 3, 1972) is retired

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player who participated at the

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as a member of the

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. Over the course of his career he participated in 17 IIHF World Championship tournaments, 13 in the top division. At the time of his retirement in 2011, Ramoser had participated in the second most World Championships, behind

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. At the age of 18 he went to Canada and played for the

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of the

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and the

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of the

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before going back to Europe.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramoser, Roland 1972 births Germanophone Italian people Hull Olympiques players Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Italian ice hockey right wingers Kamloops Blazers players Vernon Lakers players Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Italy Italian expatriate ice hockey people Italian expatriate sportspeople in Canada People from Ritten Sportspeople from South Tyrol