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A professional tennis player of Tatar background. Her career high ranking is World No. 1. Silver medalist at 2008 Olympic Games. | |
A hammer thrower. The first woman to throw the hammer more than 70 meters. Gold medalist at 2004 Olympic Games. | |
A discus thrower who has competed in many Olympic Games. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens | |
A cross-country skier. In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, she won five medals in skiing events: three gold, a silver and a bronze. | |
A pole vaulter. Gold medalist at 1992 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 6.05 metres, which puts him third in the all-time performers list. | |
A professional ice hockey center. Twice world champion from 1989 and 1990 and three-time Stanley Cup winner with Red Wings. | |
A retired Russian professional boxer and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. In his last fight he lost the title to David Haye as a result of a 12-round majority decision. | |
A biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon and one in cross country. Two-time olympic champion. | |
A volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Women's World Championships and two silver medals at Olympics. | |
Considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time. Nine-time world champion and three-time olympic champion. | |
A high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2.35m, one centimetre behind his personal best jump from 1998. | |
A volleyball player, one of the tallest athletes in the world. Silver and bronze medalist at Olympics. | |
A rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011. Nicknamed 'Tsar of Dakar'. | |
A figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics gold medalist, 2002 Winter Olympics silver medalist, and 2010 Winter Olympics silver medalist. | |
A sprinter and also hurdler. At 1992 Olympic Games she grabbed silver in 4x100m. At 2000 Olympic Games she won in 400m hurdles. | |
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A high jumper. His major succes in career is winning the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. | |
A middle distance runner and current world record holder for the mile. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800 and 1,500 metres. | |
A volleyball player. He won the 2011 FIVB World League gold medal and received the Most Valuable Player and Best Blocker awards. Gold medalist at 2012 Olympics. | |
An athlete competed in the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels | |
A tennis player. In 2007 she was 2nd in WTA ranking. In her career she won US Open in 2004 and French Open in 2009. | |
An Olympic gold-winning swimmer regarded as one of the greatest sprint freestyle swimmers and the only male swimmer in history to win four individual Olympic gold medals. | |
A handball goalkeeper and the only three times Olympic handball champion. | |
A former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles, which were the 1996 French Open and the 1999 Australian Open. | |
An ice hockey right winger. Nicknamed 'The Russian Rocket' for his speed. Played 12 seasons in NHL for Canucks, Panthers and Rangers. | |
A retired tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. He won two grand slams (US Open and Australian Open) and reached the World No. 1 ranking during his career. | |
A pole vaulter. She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics. | |
A middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres. His major success is gold medal at 2004 Olympic Games. Twice he was world vice-champion (2003, 2005). | |
A hammer thrower. World champion from 2011. She won hammer throw's gold medal in 2012 London Olympics with new Olympics Record 78.18. | |
A basketball player who plays the small forward position for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He also played for Utah Jazz. | |
A former cross-country Olympic ski champion (6 times), many times world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) and Hero of Russia. | |
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