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Alexander Yelagin
Born
Alexander Viktorovich Masalov

(1953-08-02) 2 August 1953 (age 72)
CitizenshipSoviet Union → Russia
OccupationsSports commentator, television presenter, actor
AwardsMerited Artist of the Russian Federation (2004)

Alexander Viktorovich Masalov, known professionally as Alexander Yelagin (Russian: Александр Викторович Масалов (Елагин); born 2 August 1953), is a Russian sports commentator, television presenter and actor. He was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2004.[1]

Early life and education

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Masalov was born in 1953. He adopted the name Yelagin, his mother's maiden name, for his work in the media.[2]

He began acting in 1975 at the Theater MOST [ru], then directed by Roman Viktyuk. In 1976, Viktyuk invited him to play the leading role in the television play My Friend Mozart, alongside Margarita Terekhova, Leonid Markov, Alexander Lenkov and others. In 1983, he appeared in Mark Rozovsky's studio production Triptych with Alexander Filippenko.

Yelagin graduated from the international department of the MSU Faculty of Journalism in 1982.[3] He later worked at Goznak and in Czechoslovakia through the Soviet Society for Friendship with Foreign Countries. At Moscow State University he was a classmate of Vladislav Listyev.[4]

After returning from Czechoslovakia, he joined the Theatre "U Nikitskikh vorot" [ru], where he has worked, with interruptions, since 1989.[4]

Broadcasting career

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In the 1990s, Yelagin worked for the Russian television channel 2x2 as an editor and presenter of sports news.[4] He also wrote advertising copy for Echo of Moscow, where he met sports producer Yevgeny Lyubimov, who invited him to join the newly created REN TV.[5]

From 1996 to 2003, Yelagin worked in REN TV's sports department.[6][7] He worked on the programmes Football Courier and Gillette Sport, and commentated on matches of the Premier League and the Russian football championship.[8][5] His final position at the channel was head of the football review programme Saturn-REN TV. Football News.[9]

At the same time, from 1997 to 1999, he commentated on sports news for TV Tsentr under the name Alexander Masalov.[2] In 1999, he received the Golden Microphone award as the year's best football television commentator.[10]

From 2002 to 2009, Yelagin worked as a sports commentator for 7TV, where he commentated on Premier League broadcasts and the FA Cup.[11][12] In 2004–2005, he also occasionally appeared on Channel One Russia football broadcasts, mainly as a reserve commentator when the main commentary feed was unavailable.[13][14] In 2006, he briefly hosted Letopis sporta on the Sport channel.

In September 2009, after 7TV discontinued sports broadcasting, Yelagin moved to NTV Plus at the invitation of Anna Dmitrieva and Vasily Utkin.[15][4] From 2009 to 2015, he commentated on football for the company's sports channels and regularly appeared in European football review programmes on NTV.[16]

Yelagin is the author of the reference book The History of the UEFA European Football Championship: 1960–2004, published by Olympia-Press.

In November 2015, he joined Match TV as a football commentator. In January 2016, he and several other commentators, including Vasily Utkin, Kirill Dementyev and Aleksey Andronov [ru], were moved from staff positions to freelance contracts, but Yelagin continued to work with the channel.[17][18] He briefly left the channel in 2017 as part of staff reductions.[19]

Since March 2016, Yelagin has also worked as a football commentator for Eurosport 1.[20] From July 2017 to 28 July 2022, he hosted the YouTube programme British Style with Alexander Yelagin.[21][22][23]

He commentated on the 2018 FIFA World Cup for Channel One Russia.[24] In August 2018, he returned to regular work for Match TV and the Match subholding's thematic channels.[25]

In June 2019, at the initiative of Vladimir Stognienko, Yelagin joined Okko Sport, part of Rambler Group, where he commentated on Premier League matches.[26] He continued to work on other competitions for Match channels.[27]

Since 2022, he has been a regular participant in the YouTube project Komment.Show, where he discusses English football with Alexander Netsenko, Denis Kazansky [ru] and Denis Kachanov.

Personal life

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Yelagin is widowed; his wife died in 2013.[4] He has a daughter and a son. He speaks Swedish, Czech and English to varying degrees.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Original title Role
1994 Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina Malakhov
2008 Blazhennaya Блаженная Lawyer
2010 We Declare War on You Мы объявляем вам войну Bartender

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 10 March 2004 г. № 339 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "АПЛ на «Рен ТВ» – это наше детство. 90-е, молодые Елагин, Бекхэм и Сульшер". Sports.ru. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Наш дом на Моховой" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Александр Елагин: "Когда-нибудь Безруков сыграет Романцева"". Sport Express. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b Gleb Chernyavsky (10 February 2022). "ЕЛАГИН – тормозил КАРПИНА, вербовали в КГБ, оторвался тромб, ПАКИСТАНЦЫ не пускали на УЭМБЛИ". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Ren TV – это не только «Сатурн»". Sovetsky Sport. 27 June 2002. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Александр Елагин". СпортЭфир. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Перейдет ли количество в качество?". Krasnaya Zvezda. 27 February 2001. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  9. ^ "«Сатурн-REN TV». Новости футбола". REN TV. 24 June 2003. Archived from the original on 24 June 2003.
  10. ^ "Ren TV - футбольный канал?". Телеобъектив. 2000. Archived from the original on 25 April 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Вопрос-ответ". Телеспорт. 13 March 2003. Archived from the original on 13 March 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Грустно..." Sports.ru. 4 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Трагедия британика. За что мы любим Елагина". Business Online. 30 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Мы в эфире. Как показывали сборную России по футболу на ТВ. Часть 7". Sports.ru. 24 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Комментаторская будка. Александр Елагин: «Футбольный комментарий должен звучать как саундтрек»". FootballTop. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Комментатор «НТВ плюс»: я рад за Армению, которая плодит таких нападающих". Armfootball. 24 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  17. ^ "За что мы ненавидим «Матч-ТВ». Шесть главных претензий к спортивному телеканалу". Meduza. 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Александр Елагин: "Меня вывели из штата «Матч ТВ». Без обид – бизнес есть бизнес"". Sovetsky Sport. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  19. ^ "Комментатор Александр Елагин покинет «Матч ТВ» по сокращению". Championat.com. 18 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  20. ^ "Уткин и Елагин стали комментаторами телеканала Eurosport". R-Sport. 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  21. ^ "БРИТАНСКИЙ СТИЛЬ ЗАКРЫВАЕТСЯ | СПАСИБО ВАМ ЗА ВСЕ!" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Шоу «Британский стиль» закрыли. Что произошло и где теперь смотреть Елагина?". Кик. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Британский стиль # 1. Александр Елагин - о старте АПЛ, возвращении Руни и конфузе Челси". Sports.ru. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  24. ^ "Елагин и Слуцкий прокомментируют матч открытия ЧМ-2018 на Первом канале". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  25. ^ "Комментатор Александр Елагин возвращается на «Матч ТВ»". Match TV. 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  26. ^ "«Дзюба вполне мог бы заиграть в «Манчестер Юнайтед». Голос английского футбола в России анонсирует принципиально новый сезон АПЛ". Championat.com. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  27. ^ "Елагин будет комментировать АПЛ в новом сезоне. Он уже смакует матчи «Вулвергэмптона» и «Нориджа»". Sports.ru. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 апреля 2024 года № 253 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»". Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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