Yuri Korolev (ice hockey)

Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev (Russian: Юрий Васильевич Королёв; 6 June 1934 – c. 1 March 2026) was a Russian ice hockey administrator, coach and civil servant. He educated athletes and coaches while working for the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education and the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports. He led the Soviet Union national ice hockey team research group for 28 years, when the Soviets won seventeen Ice Hockey World Championships and seven Winter Olympic Games gold medals. He was later an executive with the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and the International Ice Hockey Federation. He was recognized with the Order of Friendship, induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame, and the Paul Loicq Award.