Yevgeny Shabayev | |
Also Known As: | Yevgeni, Evgeny, Evgeni, Chabaev |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1973 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia[1] |
Discipline: | MAG |
Club: | Moscow Dynamo |
Headcoach: | Nikolay Maslennikov |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Shabayev (ru|Евгений Евгеньевич Шабаев; 24 April 1973 – 5 August 1998; alternate transliterations Yevgeni, Evgeny, Evgeni, Chabaev) was a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver with his team at the 1994 Team World Championships, and he was the bronze medalist in the all-around at the 1995 World Championships. He was only the alternate to Russia's 1996 Olympic team due to a shoulder injury that required surgery. Injuries also kept him off the team for the 1997 World Championships.
Shabayev died of a heart attack on 5 August 1998. His funeral was held six days later, and gymnasts Alexei Nemov, Nikolai Kryukov, Elena Grosheva and Roza Galieva were in attendance.[2]