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 473rd in the world, 166th in Europe, and 11th 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 left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Ovi" (alternatively spelled "Ovie") and "the Great Eight" in reference to his jersey number, Ovechkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. Second only to Wayne Gretzky for all-time goal scoring, Ovechkin also holds many records, including the most power play goals, most goals in away games, most overtime goals, and most goals with the same team in NHL history. He is the third NHL player, after Gordie Howe and Gretzky, to score 800 goals in the regular season.
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Lev Yashin
- Occupations
- association football playerice hockey player
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Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer, regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport. 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 ladies' 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. Although small in stature, 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
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- figure skating coachfigure skater
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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 two-time 2018 Olympic silver medalist Evgenia Medvedeva, and 2014 Olympic Team champion Yulia Lipnitskaya.
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Ilya Kovalchuk
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey winger for Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly 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, and Avangard Omsk in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and 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 speed, 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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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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Tatiana Tarasova
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skaterfigure 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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Aliya Mustafina
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 31 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most successful gymnasts of all time.
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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 striker.
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Dmitri Sychev
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev is a Russian former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder. 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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Irina Rodnina
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- figure skating coachfigure skaterpoliticianmember of the State Duma
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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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Dmitry Guberniyev
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 1995
- Occupations
- news presenterpresenterpundittelevision presenter
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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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Ekaterina Valeryevna 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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Mikhail Youzhny
- Occupations
- tennis player
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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.Youzhny reached the quarterfinals of all majors, reaching the semifinals at the US Open in 2006 and 2010. The closest he came to a major final was at the 2006 US Open semifinals when he took the first set from world No. 9 Andy Roddick, after upsetting world No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. At the other semifinal he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Nadal. Youzhny reached the finals of 21 ATP Tour-level titles, winning ten of them. He reached ATP Tour finals on all surfaces, but never won a singles title on grass. In 2010—his best season—Youzhny reached five ATP finals, winning two and ending the year as a top-10 player. Youzhny was a member of the winning Russian national team at the Davis Cup in both 2002 and 2006, playing a crucial role in 2002 when he won the deciding rubber after coming back from two-sets-to-love down.
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Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Occupations
- chess player
- Biography
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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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Sofiya Velikaya
- Occupations
- fencer
- Biography
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Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya is a Russian sabre fencer.
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Vladimir Alekno
- Occupations
- coachvolleyball playervolleyball coach
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Vladimir Romanovich Alekno is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach.
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Allan Chumak
- Occupations
- editing staffwriterpsychictelevision presenterjournalist
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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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Aleksey 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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Igor Shestyorkin
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Igor Olegovich Shestyorkin is a Russian professional ice hockey 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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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 rhythmic gymnastics 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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Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
- Occupations
- ice hockey coachice hockey player
- 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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Elena Vodorezova
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- figure skating coachfigure skater
- 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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Konstantin Beskov
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.
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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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Svetlana Zhurova
- Occupations
- statespersonspeed skaterpoliticianmember of the State Duma
- 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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Pavel Kolobkov
- Occupations
- fencerpolitician
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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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Andrey Kuznetsov
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Andrey Alexandrovich Kuznetsov is a Russian professional tennis player. On 25 April 2016, he achieved his singles career-high of world No. 39.
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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. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.
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Sergei Salnikov
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov was a Soviet 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 Olympics.
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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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Vladimir Maslachenko
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- journalistassociation football playerassociation football manager
- Biography
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Vladimir Nikitovich Maslachenko was a Soviet and Russian footballer and football commentator.
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Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev
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- figure skating coachfigure skater
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Alexander Gennadyevich Zaitsev is a 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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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. He is currently Minister of Sport of Russia since 2020 and President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) since 2015. 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 played a crucial role in the development of the European University Sports Federation (EUSA), serving as Vice-President from 2007 to 2015.
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David Rigert
- Occupations
- coachweightlifter
- Biography
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David Adamovich Rigert is a retired Soviet weightlifter and weightlifting coach of Austrian ancestry. During his career he set 65 ratified world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and six world titles. In 1999 he was inducted to the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.
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Anzhelika Sidorova
- Occupations
- athletics competitorpole vaulter
- Biography
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Anzhelika Aleksandrovna Sidorova is a 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 professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, achieved on 8 July 2013, after winning five Challenger events throughout the previous year.
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Andrey Chernyshov
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- association football managerassociation football player
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Andrey Alekseyevich Chernyshov is a Russian professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of I-League club Mohammedan.
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Ivan Daniliants
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- 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
- competitive diverswimmer
- 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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Aleksey Shevtsov
- Occupations
- amateur wrestler
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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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Alla Kudryavtseva
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva is a retired Russian tennis player.
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Elena Sokolova
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skater
- 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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- synchronized swimmerswimmer
- 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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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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Sergei Pavlov
- Occupations
- diplomatfunctionarypolitician
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Sergei Pavlovich Pavlov was a Soviet youth leader, politician and diplomat.
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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 team combined exercises, 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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Vitali Smirnov
- Occupations
- sports executive
- Biography
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Vitali Georgyevich Smirnov is a former athlete from the Soviet Union (Russian Far East) and longtime sports administrator.
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Roman Dmitriyev
- Occupations
- coachpoliticianamateur wrestler
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Roman Mikhaylovich Dmitriyev 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 Dmitriyev won the Soviet championships in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979 and 1981.
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Viktor Shuvalov
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- association football playerice hockey player
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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
- synchronized swimmerswimmer
- 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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Viktor Kudriavtsev
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skater
- Biography
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Viktor Nikolayevich Kudriavtsev is a Russian figure skating coach and choreographer.
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Alevtina Kolchina
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
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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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Denis Dmitriev
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
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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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Aleksandr Novikov
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- 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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Nikolai Tolstykh
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tolstykh is a Russian football administrator and a former player.
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Anastasiya Nifontova
- Enrolled in the Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism
- Studied in 2021-2022
- Occupations
- racing drivertelevision presentercamera operatoractormotorcycle racer
- Biography
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Anastasiya Nikolayevna Nifontova is a Russian rally raid motorcycle rider.
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Yuri Balashov
- Occupations
- association football managerchess player
- 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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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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Vlada Chigireva
- Occupations
- synchronized swimmerswimmer
- Biography
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Vlada Alexandrovna Chigireva is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming.
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Pavel Kolchin
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
- 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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Aleksandr Gorelik
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skater
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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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Olga Zavyalova
- Occupations
- cross-country skier
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Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova, née Korneyeva (born August 24, 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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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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Alexander Dyachenko
- Occupations
- canoeistkayaker
- Biography
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Alexander Igorevich Dyachenko is a banned Russian sprint canoeist.
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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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Aleksey Ostapenko
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Aleksey Aleksandrovich Ostapenko is a volleyball player from Russia.
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Leonid Drachevsky
- Occupations
- rowerdiplomat
- 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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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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Antonina Seredina
- Occupations
- canoeistkayaker
- 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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Anastasia Bavykina
- Occupations
- volleyball player
- Biography
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Anastasija Al'bertovna Bavykina is a Russian female volleyball player, playing as an opposite. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
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Vadim Pankov
- Occupations
- coachvolleyball player
- 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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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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Nikolay Anikin
- Occupations
- association football managercross-country skier
- 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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Valentin Piseev
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skaterfigure skating judge
- Biography
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Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev is a former 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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Svetlana Liapina
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- figure skating choreographertechnical specialistice dancerfigure skating coachfigure skater
- Biography
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Alexander Riazantsev
- Occupations
- coachchess player
- 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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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
- coachbiathlete
- 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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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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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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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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Svetlana Alexeeva
- Occupations
- figure skating coachfigure skaterice dancer
- Biography
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Svetlana Lvovna Alekseeva is a Russian figure skating coach and former ice dancer.
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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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Nikolay Sidorov
- Occupations
- coachathletics competitor
- Biography
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Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sidorov is a former Soviet track and field athlete who won the Soviet 100 metre championships on two occasions. He was then the winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Vasili Blagov
- Occupations
- figure skater
- Biography
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Vasili Vyacheslavovich Blagov was a Russian pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union. With partner Irina Cherniaeva, he represented the Soviet Union at the 1972 Winter Olympics where they placed 6th.
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Elena Timina
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Elena Timina is a Russian-born Dutch professional table tennis player. She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union.
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Leonid Osipov
- Occupations
- water polo player
- Biography
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Leonid Mikhaylovich Osipov was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964, 1968 and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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Tatyana Zelentsova
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Tatyana Petrovna Zelentsova is a former Soviet Russian hurdler. She set two world records in the women's 400 metres hurdles and won the European Championship in 1978. After her athletic career she remained active in the sport as a coach.
