PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
MICHAEL DEGTYAREV
Date of Birth: July 10, 1981
Place of birth: Samara, Russia
1. President of the Russian Olympic Committee
2. Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation
3. Doctor of Legal Sciences
FAMILY
Born into a family of doctors. Father Vladimir Degtyarev, an obstetrician-gynecologist and Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation. Mother Svetlana Degtyarevа, a gastroenterologist. Mr. Degtyarev is married with four sons.
EDUCATION
1998: Samara International Aerospace Lyceum
2005: Samara State Aerospace University named after academician Sergey Korolev (Engineer)
2012: Institute of World Civilizations (Lawyer)
2020: Higher School of Public Administration at the Presidential Academy (School of Governors)
2024: Master’s degree from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (Master of International Relations)
CAREER
2004–2007: Member of the Samara City Council (the 4th convocation), engineer at Samara State Aerospace University, Department “Automatic Systems of Power Plants”
2007–2011: Member of the Samara Regional Duma (the 4th convocation)
2011, 2016: Elected a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the 6th and the 7th convocations)
2011–2016: Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and High Technology
2016–2020: Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth Affairs
2020–2024: Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory
May 14, 2024: Appointed Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation by Presidential Decree
December 13, 2024: Elected President of the Russian Olympic Committee
SPORTS CAREER
Master of Sport in Fencing (Russia)
1999–2000: Member of the Junior National Fencing Team of Russia
President of the Samara Region Fencing Federation
Member of the Board of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation
2021–2024: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Amur Ice Hockey Club and the SKA-Khabarovsk Football Club
Since 2017: Member of the Presidential Council for Physical Culture and Sports Development
Since 2018: Head of the working group under the Council for legislative improvements in physical culture and sports
PUBLICATIONS
2020: Candidate dissertation on “Foreign Administrative and Legal Approaches to Anti-Doping Measures in Sports”
2024: Doctoral dissertation on “Innovative Public-Legal Regimes”
AWARDS
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
- Order of Friendship
- Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation
- Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation