Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Shabayev (Russian: 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.^[1]

Yevgeny Shabayev
Personal information
Alternative name(s)	Yevgeni, Evgeny, Evgeni, Chabaev
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1973-04-24)April 24, 1973 Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	August 5, 1998(1998-08-05) (aged 25) Moscow, Russia[1]
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Moscow Dynamo
Head coach(es)	Nikolay Maslennikov
Medal record Representing  Russia World Championships 1994 Dortmund Team 1995 Sabae All-Around

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]