Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Королёв; born 6 June 1934) is a Russian ice hockey administrator, and retired coach and civil servant.
Korolev was born 6 June 1934, in Moscow, Soviet Union.[1] He dreamed of being an ice hockey player but lacked the necessary skills. He chose to end his playing career by age 20 and transition to coaching.[1][2]
Career
Korolev joined the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education in 1954, and began a career of educating athletes and coaches.[1][2] From 1962 to 1974, he lectured at the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education and became its senior lecturer.[3] He served as the head of the hockey department at the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education from 1974 to 1983,[3][4] and was the head teacher of its school of hockey coaches.[3] From 1983 to 1989, he was the head coach of the football and ice hockey committee of the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports, and was the deputy of the council from 1987 to 1988.[3][4]
Korolev retired from coaching then served as vice-president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia from 1992 to 2001, and as its secretary general from 2001 to 2003.[3][4] He also represented Russia at international meetings, and was elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council in 1992. He served six years as the chairman of its coaching committee until 1998.[1][2]
Korolev has served as a director of the hockey department at the International Scientific and Methodological Center since May 2003.[4]