Eugene Vladimir Zimin ( August 6, 1947 , Moscow - December 28, 2018 , ibid.) - Soviet hockey player , striker, Russian sports functionary, coach and commentator . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1968). Honored Trainer of the RSFSR (1981).
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Biography
He began to play at the school of Moscow “Locomotive” with coach Boris Tikhonovich Kushtalov. From 16 years old - in the main team of Lokomotiv. In games for the railroad, he was noticed by the head coach of Spartak Vsevolod Bobrov and invited him to play for his team.
Zimin quickly got used to Spartak. In 1966, after leaving sports Evgeni Mayorov Zimin was put in the top three for Boris Mayorov and Vyacheslav Starshinov.
| - Boris Mayorov about Zimin: “Zhenya was a unique player! Absolutely unpredictable due to maneuverability and excellent technology. He knew how to explode, was in the link a sort of jet fighter. Moreover, in life he is very sociable. His innate intelligence personally always attracted me ” [2] . |
In the 1970s, he already played in the same troika with Vladimir Shadrin and Alexander Yakushev - both in Spartak and in the national team.
He played in Spartak until 1974, and became twice champion of the USSR. In 1974, drafted into the army [3] , played for the SKA MBO (1974-1976). The last season in his career (1976/77) he spent in Wings of the Soviets, in which he won the European Champions Cup (1977).
In total, the USSR championships in 315 matches scored 185 goals.
From 1980 to 1981 - Director of the Sports School “Spartak” (Moscow).
At the end of a career in coaching. In 1981, Art. coach of the USSR junior team - European champion. In the 1984/1985 season, he worked as the head coach of Spartak.
In 1986 - 1990 he was the presenter of sports news in the program "Time".
In 1994-2004, he was the head coach of the Stars of Russia team at the Spartak Cup tournaments.
In 1996 - coach of the national team at the World Cup. Zimin also worked with the youth team of the country, which together with him became the champion of Europe.
In the 1990s, he was the general manager of Spartak (1996), the scout of Philadelphia Flyers (1998, 2002), the manager of Metallurg (Novokuznetsk) in 1999. In March 2009, he was appointed adviser to the general director of the HC MVD on sports issues [4] .
From August 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011 - scout of the Central Scout Bureau of the KHL.
From May 1, 2011 to October 1, 2013 - the main scout of the Central Scout Bureau of the KHL.
From November 6, 2013 to December 28, 2018 - President of the National Scout Association.
He died on December 28, 2018 at 00:20 [5] . The cause of death was an exacerbation of COPD [6] .
Media Work
From 1986 to 1992 - an employee of the Central Administration of the USSR [7] . From 2001 to 2002 - commentator on the sports channel 7TV [7] .
In 2004, he worked as a commentator on broadcasts from the World Hockey Championship on TVC channel [8] . In 2010, he worked as a hockey commentator on Channel One at the Vancouver Olympics [9] . He acted as a hockey expert in some online publications [10] .
He was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery.
Achievements
- Olympic champion (1968 and 1972)
- world champion (1968, 1969, 1971). At the World Championships and the Winter Olympics in 19 matches, he scored 7 goals.
- European champion (1968, 1969)
- European vice champion (1971)
- Member of the USSR Super Series - Canada 1972 . The author of the first puck of the USSR national team in the series.
- 1977 European Cup Winner
- Two - time champion of the USSR (1967 and 1969)
- Winner of the USSR Cup (1970 and 1971)
Rewards
- Order of Honor (December 26, 2011) - for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports and many years of conscientious work [11]
- Two medals "For Labor Valor"
- the first (July 24, 1968) - for the successes achieved in the development of the Soviet physical culture movement [12]
- the second (May 22, 1981) - for his great contribution to the development of Soviet hockey and his successful performance at the 1981 World Hockey Championships and Europe [13]
- medal "For Labor Distinction" (March 3, 1972) - for high sports achievements in the competitions of the XI Winter Olympic Games [14]
- Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (September 10, 2016) - for merits in the field of physical culture and sports, a great contribution to the development of domestic hockey [15]
Notes
- ↑ Died two-time Olympic hockey champion in the USSR national team
- ↑ Jet fighter with a sick heart. Two-time Olympic champion Yevgeny Zimin on his 60th birthday is congratulated by partners in the top three at Spartak and the Russian team
- ↑ I DID NOT LEAVE ON ICE
- ↑ Evgeni Zimin entered the headquarters of the HC MVD
- ↑ Spartak Moscow. Today the heart of one of the best hockey players in the history of Spartak and the USSR national team, a two-time Olympic champion, author of the first goal in the famous Super Series 72 Evgeny Zimin, stopped. He was 72 years old. https://spartak.ru/news/umer-evgeniy-zimin/ ... pic.twitter.com / vAKQH6HOXd . @spartak_hc (December 27, 2018). Date of treatment December 29, 2018.
- ↑ “Hockey maestro”: at the 72nd year of life, two-time Olympic champion Evgeny Zimin Died . Russia Today (December 28, 2018).
- ↑ 1 2 MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ZIMIN EVGENY VLADIMIROVICH. President of the National Scout Association . National Scout Association.
- ↑ TVC will show the world hockey championship next year (inaccessible link) . Lenta.ru (April 21, 2004). Archived March 10, 2016.
- ↑ SILENCE - GOLD. Sports commentators triumph over common sense . The New Times (February 26, 2010). (inaccessible link)
- ↑ "Spartak Slovaks play sluggishly." Eugene Zimin on the results of last week in the KHL . Newspaper.ru (September 26, 2011).
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2011 No. 1686 “On awarding state awards of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 24, 1968 No. 2923 — VII “On the awarding of orders of the USSR by workers of the physical education movement”
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 22, 1981 No. 4920 — X “On the Awarding of Orders, Medals and Medals of the USSR by Athletes, Trainers, Physical Culture and Sports Workers”
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 3, 1972 No. 2677 — VIII “On the Awarding of Orders and Medals of the USSR by Athletes and Trainers in Connection with the Results of the XI Olympic Winter Games”
- ↑ Order of the President of the Russian Federation of September 10, 2016 No. 276-rp “On Promotion”
Links
- Eugene Zimin at the Hockey player. Info
- Statistics on the site Eurohockey.net
- Article on spartak-history.ru
- Hockey. USSR-Canada. Super Series 1972. Video of the first goal against the professionals (inaccessible link)
- “No attention is paid to hockey veterans” interview http://oldsport.ru/ru/interview/view/14