Russian Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olym

Is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She's specialized in the distances of 1000 m, 1500 m and Team Pursuit. In the season of 2005–2006 Lobysheva acted for the first time in the European

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best is 76.63 metres, achieved in June 2006 in

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best is 76.63 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Zhukovskiy.

Is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olym

Is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s.

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympic

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. She is the tallest member of the team, standing 2.05cm tall (6ft 9in).

Is a Kazakhstani slalom canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She was eliminated in the semifinals

Is a Kazakhstani slalom canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Is a Russian professional snowboarder.

Is a Russian professional snowboarder.

Was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlig

Was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment. The Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw, written by herself were published in 1840 in London in two volumes.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in parallel giant slalom, an event in which she won a silver

Is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in parallel giant slalom, an event in which she won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Is a speed skater who competes for Russia. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Shikhova competed in two eve

Is a speed skater who competes for Russia. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Shikhova competed in two events. In her the first event, the 1000 m, Shikhova finished 11th overall with a time of 1:17.46. In her second event, the 1500 m, Shikhova finished 8th over

Is a Kazakhstani high jumper.Her personal best jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Tashkent

Is a Kazakhstani high jumper.Her personal best jump is 1.98 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Tashkent.[1] This is the Asian record, although she shares it with two athletes: Nadejda Dusanova and Svetlana Radzivil.

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 71.75 metres, achieved in May 200

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 71.75 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sochi.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer.

Is a former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996.

Is a former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996.

Is a former medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual m

Is a former medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She also competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, for the Unified Team.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.

Is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal with a new World Record (then 4.91 m)

Is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal with a new World Record (then 4.91 m), was elected Female Athlete of the Year by the IAAF twice (2004 and 2005), and Sportswoman of the Year by Laureus. On July 22, 2005, she became the first

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer. Her father Igor Soya is a coach of a modern pentathlete Dmitri Svatkov

Is a Russian Synchro-swimmer. Her father Igor Soya is a coach of a modern pentathlete Dmitri Svatkovskiy.

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won go

Is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team. She won gold medal with the Russian winning team in the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and again in the 2007 World Women's Han

Is a Kazakhstani long jumper.In 2004 she reached the long jump final at the Olympic Games, finishing

Is a Kazakhstani long jumper.In 2004 she reached the long jump final at the Olympic Games, finishing twelfth. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003 without ever reaching the final.

Is a former Soviet swimmer. She was a member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic Bronze Medal in t

Is a former Soviet swimmer. She was a member of the team that won the 1980 Olympic Bronze Medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.

Is a Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She was eliminated in the semifinals o

Is a Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. Shushunova is renowned

Is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. Shushunova is renowned for her dynamic vaulting and tumbling skills as well as her longevity and exceptional consistency. Shushunova was the first to perform several unique and d

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 200

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 2006 Volleyball World Championship in Japan and the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.