100 Notable alumni of
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
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The Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism is 470th in the world, 170th in Europe, and 12th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alexander Ovechkin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a left winger and captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Great 8" (in reference to his jersey number) and "Ovi", as well as "Alexander the Great" (Russian: Александр Великий) by Russian media, Ovechkin has scored the most career goals in NHL regular season history, and is the only player in NHL history to have scored 900 regular season goals.
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Lev Yashin
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer considered to be one of the greatest players of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or. He was known for his athleticism, positioning, imposing presence in goal, and acrobatic reflex saves. He was also deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.
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Evgenia Medvedeva
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 2017-2022
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva, is a retired competitive Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist (2018 women's singles, 2018 team event), a two-time world champion (2016, 2017), a two-time European champion (2016, 2017), a two-time Grand Prix Final champion (2015, 2016), a two-time Russian national champion (2016, 2017), silver medalist at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships and bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships. Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
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Valeri Kharlamov
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Valeri Borisovich Kharlamov was a Russian ice hockey forward who played for CSKA Moscow in the Soviet League from 1967 until his death in 1981. Kharlamov was a speedy, intelligent, skilled and dominant player, being named the Soviet Championship League most valuable player in 1972 and 1973. An offensive player who was considered very creative on the ice, he also led the league in scoring in 1972. He was also a gifted skater who was able to make plays at top speed. Kharlamov was considered one of the best players of his era, as well as one of the greatest players of all time.
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Eteri Tutberidze
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze is a Georgian-Russian figure skating coach who works mainly with female single skaters. She is head coach at the Sambo 70 skating club in Moscow. She has coached several Russian skaters to success in international competitions, including 2022 Olympic and 2021 World champion Anna Shcherbakova, 2022 Olympic silver medalist and two-time Junior World champion Alexandra Trusova, 2020 Junior World champion Kamila Valieva, 2020 European Champion Alena Kostornaia, 2018 Olympic and 2019 World champion Alina Zagitova, two-time World champion and 2018 Olympic silver medalist Evgenia Medvedeva, and 2014 Olympic Team champion Yulia Lipnitskaya, as well as the Georgian skater and 2026 European champion Nika Egadze.
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Ilya Kovalchuk
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger. He played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, SKA Saint Petersburg, Avangard Omsk, and Spartak Moscow in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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Pavel Bure
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Pavel Vladimirovich Bure is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played the right wing position. Nicknamed "the Russian Rocket" for his exceptional speed and skill, Bure played for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and New York Rangers between 1991 and 2003. Trained in the Soviet Union, he played three seasons with the Central Red Army team before his NHL career.
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Tatiana Tarasova
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coachfigure skating choreographer
- Biography
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Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students have won a total of eight Olympic gold medals in three of the four Olympic figure skating disciplines, in addition to 41 gold medals at the European and World championships.
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Irina Rodnina
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coachpolitician
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Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships (1969–78) and three successive Olympic gold medals (1972, 1976, 1980). She was elected to the State Duma in the 2007 legislative election as a member of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. As a figure skater, she initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev. She is the first pair skater to win the Olympic title with two different partners, followed only by Artur Dmitriev.
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Adelina Sotnikova
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic gold medalist in ladies' singles, a two-time European silver medalist (2012, 2013), a two-time Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist (2011, 2015), and a four-time Russian national champion (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014).
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Aliya Mustafina
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina is a Russian former artistic gymnast.
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Pavel Pogrebnyak
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Anatoly Tarasov
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 1939
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerbandy playerassociation football coachassociation football player
- Biography
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Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and established the Soviet Union national team as "the dominant force in international competition". He was one of the first Russians to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1974 in the builders category. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Dmitry Guberniyev
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- news presentertelevision presenterjournalistpunditpresenter
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Dmitry Viktorovich Guberniev is a Russian TV presenter, sports commentator of TV channel Match TV. Previously, he was the editor in chief of the Joint Directorate of sports channels VGTRK (2013-2015).
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Dmitri Sychev
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev is a Russian professional football official and a former player who played as a forward or as a midfielder. He is the president of Irtysh Omsk. He was hailed by the international press as "The Russian Michael Owen", because of his pace, and was dubbed "the most sensational young Russian forward since Vladimir Beschastnykh". He was well known for his blinding pace and agility.
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Ekaterina Makarova
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.
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Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Occupations
- chess player
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Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian and Swiss chess grandmaster who was the Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010 and Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in 2021. She was European women's champion in 2004 and a two-time Russian Women's Chess Champion (in 2005 and 2016). Kosteniuk won the team gold medal playing for Russia at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014; the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017; and the Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017 and the Women's Chess World Cup 2021. In 2022, due to sanctions imposed on Russian players after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she switched federations, and as of March 2023 she represents Switzerland.
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Mikhail Youzhny
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny, nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of world No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010.
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Vladimir Alekno
- Occupations
- coachvolleyball coachvolleyball player
- Biography
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Vladimir Romanovich Alekno is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach.
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Igor Shestyorkin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Rangers in the fourth round, 118th overall, of the 2014 NHL entry draft. In his first 82-game season in 2021–22, Shesterkin won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender.
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Allan Chumak
- Occupations
- psychicwriterediting staffpresenterjournalist
- Biography
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Allan Vladimirovich Chumak was a Russian faith healer who came to prominence at the height of Gorbachev's perestroika. When he appeared on television, his fans would hold jars of water next to their televisions in the hope that the water would be able to cure disease. At the height of his fame, he had a regular early morning television spot.
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Sofiya Velikaya
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya is a Russian sabre fencer.
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Alexei Morozov
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Alexei Alekseyevich Morozov is the president of the Kontinental Hockey League and a Russian former professional ice hockey player.
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Alexander Zaitsev
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Alexander Gennadyevich Zaitsev is a Russian retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With partner Irina Rodnina, he is a two-time (1976, 1980) Olympic champion, six-time World champion and seven-time European champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and later Tatiana Tarasova in Moscow.
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Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerice hockey coach
- Biography
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Zinetula Khaidarovich "Bill" Bilyaletdinov is a former Russian ice hockey player of Tatar descent, who played for the USSR.
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Amina Zaripova
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 2002
- Occupations
- rhythmic gymnast
- Biography
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Amina Vasilovna Zaripova is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast who now works as an elite coach. She is the 1994 World all-around silver medalist, 1993 World all-around bronze medalist and a two-time (1996, 1994) European all-around bronze medalist. She finished fourth at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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Dmitri Bulykin
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team.
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Konstantin Beskov
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
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Elena Vodorezova
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Elena Germanovna Buianova is a Russian figure skating coach and retired competitive skater who represented the Soviet Union. She is the 1983 World bronze medalist and three-time European medalist.
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Natalya Lisovskaya
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Natalya Venediktovna Lisovskaya is a Russian former athlete who competed mainly in shot put for the Soviet Union. She holds the world record in the event, with a mark set in 1987. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.
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Svetlana Zhurova
- Occupations
- statespersonpoliticianspeed skater
- Biography
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Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova is a speed skater from Russia and a deputy at the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
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Anatoly Kharlampiyev
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 1936
- Occupations
- sambo fighter
- Biography
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Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiyev, was a Russian researcher of various kinds of national wrestling and martial arts, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and Honored Coach of Sports of the USSR. He was one of the founders of Sambo, a martial art technique developed in the Soviet Union (his predecessors in the creation of Sambo were Viktor Afanasyevich Spiridonov and Vasily Sergeyevich Oshchepkov). Kharlampiyev worked as a physical education trainer at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East, and also was a student of boxing, fencing, acrobatics, and mountaineering. In 1938, Kharlampiyev presented Sambo to the USSR All-Union Sports Committee, which recognized the martial art as an official sport.
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Olga Zaitseva
- Occupations
- biathlete
- Biography
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Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a former Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994. After not competing in the 2014–15 season, Zaitseva announced her retirement on 24 January 2015. Shortly afterwards she announced that she had been appointed as caretaker head coach of the Russian biathlon team.
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Pavel Kolobkov
- Occupations
- politicianfencer
- Biography
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Pavel Anatolyevich Kolobkov is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) retired épée fencer. He won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals at five Olympic Games from 1988 to 2004. Kolobkov served as Russia's representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) until 2015 when WADA declared the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to be non-compliant, and he was barred from serving as a representative to WADA. He served as the Russian Minister of Sport from 2016 to 2020, when he was dismissed from the position by President Putin. He also previously served as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport as well as the Russian Deputy Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy.
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Vladimir Maslachenko
- Occupations
- association football coachassociation football playerjournalist
- Biography
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Vladimir Nikitovich Maslachenko was a Soviet and Russian footballer and football commentator.
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Sergei Salnikov
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov was a Russian footballer who played for Zenit Leningrad, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. He was part of the Soviet Union national team that won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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Andrey Kuznetsov
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov is a Russian coach and a former professional tennis player. On 25 April 2016, he achieved his singles career-high of world No. 39.
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Oleg Matytsin
- Occupations
- minister
- Biography
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Oleg Vasilyevich Matytsin is a Russian professor and doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Education and Honoured Doctor of Beijing Sport University, serving as Member of State Duma and Chairman of the Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sport since September 2024. He served as Minister of Sport of Russia from 2020 to May 2024 and has served as President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) from 2015 to 2021. He is also a member of the Presidential Council of the Russian Federation for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport, a member of the International Fair Play Committee, and Honorary President of the Russian Students Sport Union (RSSU). Before becoming President of FISU, Matytsin was Vice-President of the University Sports Federation (EUSA) from 2007 to 2015.
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David Rigert
- Occupations
- weightliftercoach
- Biography
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David Adamovich Rigert is a Russian retired weightlifter and weightlifting coach of Austrian ancestry. During his career, he competed for the Soviet Union and set 65 ratified world records, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and six world titles.
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Anzhelika Sidorova
- Occupations
- pole vaulterathletics competitor
- Biography
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Anzhelika Aleksandrovna Sidorova is a former Russian pole vaulter. Sidorova won a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won silver medals at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
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Evgeny Donskoy
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy is a Russian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013 and a doubles ranking of No. 161, achieved on 5 November 2012.
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Andrey Chernyshov
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
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Andrey Alekseyevich Chernyshov is a Russian professional football coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Super League Kerala club Thrissur Magic.
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Aleksey Shevtsov
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
- Biography
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Aleksey Viktorovich Shevtsov is a retired amateur Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented Russia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and later capped off his wrestling career with a bronze medal in the 60-kg division at the 2005 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Shevtsov also trained as a member of the wrestling team at the Moscow Academy of Combat Sports in Moscow, under his personal coach Yevgeny Peremishin.
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Ivan Daniliants
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Ivan Daniliants or Danilianț is a Moldovan and Austrian professional association football coach and a former Soviet defender.
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Ilya Zakharov
- Occupations
- swimmercompetitive diver
- Biography
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Ilya Leonidovich Zakharov is a Russian diver and politician. He is the 2012 Olympics gold medalist in 3 metre Springboard.
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Erika Salumäe
- Occupations
- politiciansportspersonsport cyclist
- Biography
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Erika Salumäe is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia in fifty-six years after the country regained independence in 1991.
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Sergei Pavlov
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianfunctionary
- Biography
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Sergei Pavlovich Pavlov was a Soviet youth leader, hardline politician and diplomat.
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Elena Sokolova
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Elena Sergeyevna Sokolova is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2003 World silver medalist, a three-time European medalist (2003–2004, 2006), and a three-time Russian national champion (2003–2004, 2006).
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Alla Shishkina
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- swimmersynchronized swimmer
- Biography
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Alla Anatolyevna Shishkina is a Russian synchronized swimmer. She won a gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Alla Kudryavtseva
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a retired Russian tennis player.
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Olga Brusnikina
- Occupations
- synchronized swimmer
- Biography
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Olga Aleksandrovna Brusnikina is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming and three times Olympic champion.
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Vitali Smirnov
- Occupations
- sports executive
- Biography
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Vitali Georgiyevich Smirnov is a former athlete from the Soviet Union (Russian Far East) and longtime sports administrator.
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Larisa Petrik
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
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Larisa Leonidovna Petrik is a former Russian gymnast and Olympic champion. Petrik competed at the 1966 World Championships where she shared the team silver medal (gold went to the Czechoslovaks) and earned an individual bronze medal on the beam. She also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in floor exercise (shared with Věra Čáslavská), a gold medal in the team final, and a bronze medal in balance beam. Her gold medal on floor was very controversial because originally, Čáslavská won outright. After the competition was concluded, Petrik's prelims scores were changed to let her tie with Čáslavská, an action which caused Čáslavská to publicly defy the Soviets who had recently invaded her home country.
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Roman Dmitriyev
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- coachamateur wrestlerpolitician
- Biography
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Roman Mikhaylovich Dmitriev was a Russian freestyle wrestler, coach and politician of Yakut heritage. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal, respectively. Between 1969 and 1974 he won four medals at world championships, including a gold in 1973; he was also a European champion in 1969. Domestically Dmitriev won the Soviet championships in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979 and 1981.
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Anna Levandi
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coachfigure skating choreographer
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Anna Levandi, née Kondrashova, is an Estonian former competitive figure skater and politician. Levandi, who is of Russian origin who represented the former Soviet Union in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist and four-time European bronze medalist. She competed at two Winter Olympic Games.
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Viktor Shuvalov
- Occupations
- ice hockey playerassociation football player
- Biography
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Viktor Grigoryevich Shuvalov was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in the Republic of Mordovia, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
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Dmitry Zhitnikov
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Dmitry Valeryevich Zhitnikov is a Russian handball player for Wisła Płock and the Russian national team.
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Alexandra Patskevich
- Occupations
- swimmersynchronized swimmer
- Biography
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Alexandra Vyacheslavovna Patskevich is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She is a three-time Olympic, 13-time World and four-time European champion.
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Alevtina Kolchina
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies. She competed in four Winter Olympics, earning a total of five medals. Kolchina also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning three times at 10 km (1961–1963) and once at 5 km (1966).
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Dmitry Berestov
- Occupations
- weightlifter
- Biography
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Dmitry Vladimirovitch Berestov is a Russian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is 186 cm/6 ft 1 tall and weighs 105 kg/231 lb.
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Viktor Kudriavtsev
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Viktor Nikolayevich Kudriavtsev is a Russian figure skating coach and choreographer.
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Yuri Balashov
- Occupations
- chess playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973.
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Aleksandr Novikov
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Novikov is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet and Russian player. He works at the academy of FC Dynamo Moscow.
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Vlada Chigireva
- Occupations
- swimmersynchronized swimmer
- Biography
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Vlada Alexandrovna Chigireva is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming.
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Nikolai Tolstykh
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tolstykh is a Russian football administrator and a former player.
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Denis Dmitriev
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he succeeded to the bronze medal race in sprint, winning the medal. Dmitriev is a four-time European Champion at senior level in the Sprint event for men, and the most successful sprint cyclist in the competitions's history.
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Artur Akhmatkhuzin
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Artur Kamilevich Akhmatkhuzin is a Russian foil fencer, silver medallist at the 2013 World Fencing Championships.
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Aleksandr Gorelik
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coach
- Biography
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Aleksandr Yudaevich Gorelik was a Soviet pair skater. He competed with Tatiana Zhuk. They are the 1965 World bronze medalists and the 1966 and 1968 World silver medalists. At the European Figure Skating Championships, they won the bronze medal in 1965 and the silver in 1966. They won the silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
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Pavel Kolchin
- Occupations
- cross-country skiercoach
- Biography
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Pavel Konstantinovich Kolchin was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He was born in Yaroslavl.
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Alexey Negodaylo
- Occupations
- bobsledder
- Biography
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Alexey Aleksandrovich Negodaylo is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2010.
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Leonid Drachevsky
- Occupations
- diplomatrower
- Biography
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Leonid Drachevsky is a Soviet rower from Kazakhstan. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start.
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Olga Zavyalova
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- Biography
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Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova, née Korneyeva (born 24 August 1972 in Leningrad) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010. She won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold (30 km: 2003, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit: 2007), one silver (10 km: 2007), and three bronzes (5 km + 5 km double pursuit, 15 km, and 4 × 5 km relay: all in 2003).
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Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova is a Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist.
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Valentin Piseev
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coachfigure skating judge
- Biography
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Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev was a general director of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (until 2014) and the member of Russian Olympic Committee. He had been the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (from 1992 to 2010) before becoming a director, and the president of the Figure Skating Federation of the USSR (from 1988 to 1992, till the dissolution of the Soviet Union).
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Aleksey Ostapenko
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Aleksey Aleksandrovich Ostapenko is a volleyball player from Russia.
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Aleksey Yakimenko
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Aleksey Andreyevich Yakimenko is a Russian sabre fencer, eight-time team world champion (2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016), eleven-time European champion (team and individual), and team bronze medallist in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the Fencing World Cup series three times (2004–05, 2006–07, 2010–11), with fifteen titles to his name, and earned five gold medals in the Universiade.
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Sergey Ridzik
- Occupations
- freestyle skier
- Biography
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Sergey Sergeyevich Ridzik is a Russian freestyle skier. Competing for Independent Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the ski cross. He replicated this success at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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Anastasia Bavykina
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Anastasija Al'bertovna Bavykina is a Russian female volleyball player, playing as an outside spiker for the PLDT High Speed Hitters of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) in the Philippines. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
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Antonina Seredina
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
- Biography
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Antonina Alexandrovna Seredina was a Russian sprint canoeist. She won the 500 m singles and doubles events at the 1960 Olympics, and placed third in the doubles in 1968 and fourth in 1964. She also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-4 500 m: 1963, 1966) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1958, K-2 500 m: 1958, 1966).
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Vadim Pankov
- Occupations
- volleyball playercoach
- Biography
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Vadim Anatolyevich Pankov is a Soviet and Russian volleyball coach, head coach of VC Zarechye Odintsovo (since 2007) and Russia women's national volleyball team (since 2018).
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Tatiana Logounova
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Tatiana Yuryevna Logunova is a Russian épée fencer. She won two gold medals in the team épée event at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
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Alexander Dyachenko
- Occupations
- kayakercanoeist
- Biography
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Alexander Igorevich Dyachenko is a banned Russian sprint canoeist.
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Nikolay Anikin
- Occupations
- cross-country skierassociation football coach
- Biography
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Nikolay Petrovich Anikin was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He was born in Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, Russia, USSR.
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Valentina Rastvorova
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova was a Ukrainian who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.
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Mikhail Chipurin
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Mikhail Alekseevich Chipurin is a former Russian handball player for the Russian national team.
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Svetlana Liapina
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- figure skating coachice dancertechnical specialistfigure skating choreographerassistant technical specialist
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Svetlana Evgenievna Lyapina is a Soviet figure skating coach and former ice dancer. With partner Georgi "Gorsha" Sur, she won two medals at the World Junior Championships for the Soviet Union. As a coach, she coached Australian ice dancers Portia Rigby and Francis Rigby, as well as many others in Australia.
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Vasily Borisov
- Occupations
- sport shooter
- Biography
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Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Between 1954 and 1966 Borisov won 22 medals at the world championships. At the 1954 World Championships, he and his teammate Anatoli Bogdanov won 13 medals each, cleansweeping most rifle events.
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Alexander Riazantsev
- Occupations
- chess playercoach
- Biography
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Alexander Riazantsev is a Russian chess grandmaster. In 2016, he won the Russian Chess Championship and the European Rapid Chess Championship. He is one of the coaches of the Russian women's national chess team.
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Artem Borodulin
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Artem Igorevich Borodulin is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2008 World Junior silver medalist and competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 13th.
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Vyacheslav Damdintsurunov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Damdintsurunov is a Russian political figure, professional sportsman, and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
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Angelina Goncharenko
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Angelina Pavlovna Goncharenko is a Russian ice hockey defenseman and member of the Russian national team. She is captain of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).
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Aleksandr Yelizarov
- Occupations
- biathletecoach
- Biography
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Aleksandr Matveyevich Elizarov is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team, and an individual bronze medal.
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Svetlana Alexeeva
- Occupations
- figure skaterfigure skating coachice dancer
- Biography
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Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva is a Russian figure skating coach and former ice dancer.
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Fliura Abbate-Bulatova
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Fliura Askarovna Abbate-Bulatova is a former Soviet and then Italian table tennis player. Born in 1963 in Uzbekistan, then part of USSR, her main achievement has been the gold medal in the single competition at the Table Tennis European Championships in 1988. She won several other medals in international competitions. She is also a multiple USSR National champion - twice in singles, three times in doubles and once in mixed doubles.
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Alexey Liventsov
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Alexey Vyacheslavovich Liventsov is a Russian table tennis player. He captured three bronze medals on European Championships: in 2011 and 2012 in doubles, and in 2013 with team.
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Pavel Trikhichev
- Occupations
- alpine skier
- Biography
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Pavel Sergeevich Trikhichev is a Russian World Cup alpine ski racer. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and in three World Championships.
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Polina Komar
- Occupations
- swimmersynchronized swimmer
- Biography
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Polina Dmitryevna Komar is a Russian synchronised swimmer. She won team gold medals at the 2020 Olympics, and all world and European championships between 2017 and 2020.
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Alexander Graf
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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Alexander Graf is an Uzbekistani-German chess grandmaster. He was Uzbekistani Chess Champion in 1989 and German Chess Champion in 2004.
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Oleg Grams
- Occupations
- handball player
- Biography
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Oleg Mikhaylovich Grams is a former Russian handball player for the Russian national team.
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Galina Alekseyeva
- Occupations
- competitive diver
- Biography
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Galina Aleksandrovna Alekseyeva was a Soviet diver who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics.
