A graduate of the Moscow Region State Institute of Physical Culture.
Honored Master of Sports. Three-time Olympic champion in 1972, 1976 and 1984 in hockey, a repeated winner of the World Championships.
Was the first European hockey player introduced to the Hockey Hall of Fame NHL.
He was elected a member of the IOC Athletes Commission (1981).
Chairman of the Association of Friendship Russia - Canada.
The head of the Fundation and the International Sports Academy of Vladislav Tretiak.
The President of the Russian Hockey Federation.
In 2001 International Ice Hockey Federation awarded Tret'iakov the title of "the best hockey player of the twentieth century."
Vladimir Tretiak was awarded the Order of Lenin (1978), Badge of Honor (1975), a medal "For Labor Valor", honorary "Excellence in Physical Education and Sports" (2002).
