{{Short description|Russian ice hockey player (1938–1997)}} {{Family name hatnote|Aleksandrovich|Mayorov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |image=Yevgeni Mayorov.jpg |image_size = 230px |caption= |birth_date={{birth date|1938|2|11|df=y}} |birth_place= Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union<ref name=sr/> |death_date= {{death date and age|1997|12|10|1938|2|11|df=y}} |death_place= Moscow, Russia |height = 172 cm |weight = 72 kg |sport = Ice hockey |club = HC Spartak Moscow<br>VehU Tampere (Finland) |retired = |show-medals = yes |medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ih|URS}}}} {{MedalGold|1964 Innsbruck|Team}} {{MedalWorldChampionships}} {{MedalBronze|1961 Switzerland|Team}} {{MedalGold|1963 Sweden|Team}} }}
'''Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Mayorov''' ({{langx|ru|Евгений Александрович Майоров}}; 11 February 1938 – 10 December 1997) was a Russian ice hockey forward who played in the Soviet Hockey League for Spartak Moscow. He won the world title in 1963 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964. In 1963, Mayorov was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame.
== Career == Mayorov started playing for Spartak in 1956, together with his twin brother Boris. They won two Soviet titles, in 1962 and 1967. In 1967, Yevgeny retired from competitions to become a coach with Spartak, but returned to play for the Finnish club Vehmaisten Urheilijat Tampere in the 1968–69 season. In 1969–1976, he managed Spartak Moscow, and since late the 1960s had also worked as a sports commentator on television. From 1982 until his death in 1997, Mayorov was a full-time hockey commentator and journalist with Gosteleradio, the Soviet state broadcasting company. In 1998, he was named the best Russian sports commentator of the year.<ref name=sr/><ref>[http://www.sports.ru/hockey/68989250.html Тридцать три тройки. Часть третья]. Sports.ru (12 February 2010)</ref>
== International statistics == {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:35em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1961 | Soviet Union | WC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1963 | Soviet Union | WC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |- | 1964 | Soviet Union | OLY | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 | Senior totals ! 20 ! 13 ! 5 ! 18 ! 8 |}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/yevgeny-mayorov-1.html Yevgeny Mayorov]. sports-reference.com</ref> }}
==External links== * [https://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio] * [https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/66483/yevgeni-mayorov eliteprospects] {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayorov, Yengeni}} Category:1938 births Category:1997 deaths Category:HC Spartak Moscow players Category:Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union Category:Ice hockey people from Moscow Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Category:Soviet ice hockey coaches Category:Russian ice hockey coaches Category:Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery Category:Russian ice hockey players Category:Soviet ice hockey players Category:Russian sports journalists Category:Russian sports commentators Category:Ice hockey commentators Category:Soviet sports journalists
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