Yuri Korolev | |
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| Born | 6 June 1934 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Ice hockey administrator, educator, and civil servant |
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| Awards | Order of Friendship Russian Hockey Hall of Fame Paul Loicq Award |
Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Королёв; born 6 June 1934) is a Russian ice hockey administrator, and retired coach and civil servant.
His career of educating athletes and coaches included the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education and the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports. He was head of the research group for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team for 28 years, when the Soviets won seventeen Ice Hockey World Championships and seven Winter Olympic Games gold medals. He later served an executive with the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Korolev has been recognized with the Order of Friendship, induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Paul Loicq Award.