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Is a Russian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Boston Bruins. He is currently t

Is a Russian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Boston Bruins. He is currently the general manager of HC Vityaz Chekhov

A Super Heavyweight Belarusian kickboxer and K-1 Superstar. He is a four time Muay Thai World champi

A Super Heavyweight Belarusian kickboxer and K-1 Superstar. He is a four time Muay Thai World champion, K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris and K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya tournament champion, currently living in Auckland, New Zealand and training at Balmoral Lee Gar Gym under Lollo Heimuli.

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Germany, for Arminia Biefeld II.Belov plays the

Is an Estonian professional footballer, who plays in Germany, for Arminia Biefeld II.Belov plays the position of striker, he made his debut for FC TVMK on April 05, 2008 against Tulevik Viljandi in the Meistriliiga, he was also sixteen years, one month and one day old[3].

Is a Russian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Dacia Chisinau.

Is a Russian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Dacia Chisinau.

Was a Russian chess Grandmaster.Qualifying as a grandmaster in 1989, he went on to register 1st= at

Was a Russian chess Grandmaster.Qualifying as a grandmaster in 1989, he went on to register 1st= at the 1990 USSR Championship in Leningrad (the title going to Alexander Belyavsky on tie-break). He placed 5th-9th the following year at the final (58th) Sov

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijin

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event.

A Belarusian-born German professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Kölner Haie of th

A Belarusian-born German professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.Dmitriev moved to Germany from Belarus as a 10-year-old with his family. His father Andrey was also a professional ice hockey player and had represented HC Dynamo Minsk in the Soviet Hockey League before the move to the German lower league team Herner EG, where also Alexey Dmitriev later began his career.

Is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak ELO rating was 2705, attained in October 2003 an

Is a chess grandmaster from Russia. His career peak ELO rating was 2705, attained in October 2003 and again in April 2005. He qualified for the Candidates Tournament in 1991,but lost his Quarter Final match to Viswanathan Anand in Madras (+1 =5 -4).

Was a Russian chess master.He won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1901 (jointly with Raphael

Was a Russian chess master.He won twice Moscow City Chess Championship in 1901 (jointly with Raphael Falk) and 1909. He also tied for 2nd-3rd in 1899 (the 1st RUS-ch, minor section), [1] took 4th in 1900/01 (the 2nd All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Mikhail Chigorin won), shared 2nd, behind Boyarkov, in 1902, and took 2nd, behind Chigorin, in 1907, all in Moscow.

A Russian footballer, who currently plays for Dinaburg FC.

A Russian footballer, who currently plays for Dinaburg FC.

A Russian football player. He is currently a free agent having had his contract with Fulham terminat

A Russian football player. He is currently a free agent having had his contract with Fulham terminated, and was a captain of the Russian national team. He is fairly versatile and is able to play in defence as well as midfield.Smertin has previously played for Dinamo Barnaul, Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetski, Uralan Elista, Lokomotiv Moscow, and French team Girondins Bordeaux before moving on to Chelsea.

Is a Russian footballer. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Tyumen. Kostenko previously played for F

Is a Russian footballer. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Tyumen. Kostenko previously played for FC Spartak Nalchik in the Russian Premier League and SKA Rostov-on-Don in the Russian First Division.

Is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer.

Is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer.

A Russia-born Uzbekistani football goalkeeper.a Russia-born Uzbekistani football goalkeeper.He got 1

A Russia-born Uzbekistani football goalkeeper.a Russia-born Uzbekistani football goalkeeper.He got 18 caps for the Uzbekistan national football team between 2001 and 2005 and is 1st choice goalkeeper [1

Was a Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player of International Master strength in over-the board chess, a

Was a Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player of International Master strength in over-the board chess, a noted correspondence chess player, and an opening theoretician. In 1935, he took second in the Russian FSSR. He was twice Ukrainian Champion (1947 and 1948), and was Belarus Sub-Champion in 1958. He also played in the 13th Soviet Championship in 1944, finishing with 7.5/16 (tie for 8th-10th place); the 17th Championship in 1949, finishing with 8.5/19 (12th place); and the 21st Championship in 1954, finishing last with 5/19.

Is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004.

Is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. Poltoranin competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, the World Ski Championships in 2007 and 2009, and the 2007-08 Tour de Ski. His best World Cup res

Is a Russian professional basketball player.He is projected to be a draft pick in the 2010 NBA Draft

Is a Russian professional basketball player.He is projected to be a draft pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. His best attributes are his athleticism, ball-handling, and passing ability. His primary weakness is his lack of strength.

Was a Russian International Grandmaster of chess and an author.A resident of Moscow and a mechanical

Was a Russian International Grandmaster of chess and an author.A resident of Moscow and a mechanical engineer by profession, he became an International Master in 1961 and a Grandmaster in 1965. His philosophy was always that "mastery is not enough; you mu

Is a Russian flatwater canoer. Volkonsky did not take up canoeing until the relatively late age of f

Is a Russian flatwater canoer. Volkonsky did not take up canoeing until the relatively late age of fifteen, when he was persuaded by friends to switch from judo. In 1999 he won two gold medals at the senior European championships in Zagreb in the C4 500m

Is a Russian fencer, who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Is a Russian fencer, who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov and Sergey Sharikov. He represented Russia again at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not

Is an Indian American Olympic gold medalist and former professional road racing cyclist. At the 1984

Is an Indian American Olympic gold medalist and former professional road racing cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Grewal became the first Sikh American man to win an Olympic gold medal in cycling. His winning bicycle is now at the Smith

Is a Brazilian football (soccer) manager and former footballer.Cuca played football as a forward fro

Is a Brazilian football (soccer) manager and former footballer.Cuca played football as a forward from 1984 to 1996, starting his career with Santa Cruz-RS, and retiring while playing for Chapecoense.

Was a Norwegian pair skater. She competed with Yngvar Bryn. They won silver medals at the 1920 Summe

Was a Norwegian pair skater. She competed with Yngvar Bryn. They won silver medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics and at the 1923 World Figure Skating Championships, as well as the bronze at the 1912 Worlds.

Is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of N

Is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992.In her career, she reached three WTA Tour finals, at Taranto in 1990 she lost to Raffaella Reggi and to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy at Schenectady in 1991, both Tier V tournaments. At the Tier IV event in Cardiff in 1997, she lost to Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

An international cricketer [1]. She was born in November 1982 at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex and pl

An international cricketer [1]. She was born in November 1982 at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex and played 3 one day internationals for the England Women's cricket team in August 2001, A right arm fast medium bowler and right handed batsman, she took one wicket for 29 runs and averaged 14 with the bat.