Anatoli Khorozov

Anatoli Nikolaevich Khorozov (; 25June 192527September 2011) was a Ukrainian ice hockey administrator and businessman. He served as president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine from 1965 to 1997. He also served in the Eastern Front of World War II and was a hotel manager. He received the Order of the Patriotic War, is credited with building ice hockey infrastructure and programs, and is referred to as the father of ice hockey in Ukraine. His career in hockey was recognized with induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2006.

Early life Khorozov was born on 25 June 1925, in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He graduated from the Odessa Higher Engineering Marine School in an electromechanics program. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War II, and was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree. He became involved in ice hockey by organizing a team at his son's school. He was introduced to Dmitry Boginov in 1963, who was the first coach of the new Dynamo Sports Club hockey team, which later became Sokil Kyiv. Boginov invited Khorozov into the national hockey workings, and Khorozov became president of the federation in 1965. He was aided by political friends including Vitaliy Masol and Vitold Fokin, and fought to increase wages for successful players, and aimed to reduced their housing costs. Players referred to Khorozov as a "public president" in the sense that he was approachable by all, and wanted to include and encourage everyone.

title=Ice hockey in Ukraine|quote="After perestroika, ice hockey survived only because of the efforts of Anatoli Khorozov." — Vladislav Tretiak, 2006. The announcement was made during the 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in Riga, and on 11 May 2006, he became the first Ukrainian in the IIHF Hall of Fame, and as of 2019 is the only representative from his country. Khorozov is referred to as the father of ice hockey in Ukraine, and was made an honorary president of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation.