Renato Tosio

Renato Tosio (born the November 16th 1964 with Wil (Saint-Gall) in Swiss) is old a professional goalkeeper of Hockey.

Tosio began its professional path with HC Coire in 1985 after having played since the eight years age with the junior teams of the club. It will gain there two championships of National league B and helped her club to join the National league has. It left thereafter Coire in 1987 to spend fourteen seasons with the CP Bern, with which it gained four championships of Switzerland in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1997. After Tosio had taken its retirement, the CP Bern withdrew its number 31.

It establishes a record of the league by disputing 713 matches consecutive February 23rd 1985 with the March 20th 2001. It also received four times the price of better goalkeeper of the championship of Switzerland.

Tosio played 145 times for the team of Switzerland, which it in particular helped to reach the fourth place of the championship of the world of 1992 with Prague.

Tosio was well-known for its eccentric practices on the ice. Before each shooting directed against him, it struck each one of its posts with its stick before being put in position; it had also taken the practice during its stay with Bern to greet at the end of each match the fans of the club by taking his dash, making three isolated jumps then a somersault to conclude; it carried out this safety with its complete equipment of guard. Its small numbers led the producers of the Benissimo emission to invite it to make a number of Figure skating with another large Swiss guard, Reto Pavoni (both covering their uniform of guard), and skater Denise Biellmann celebrates it.

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