Sports Person Famous Names

She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.Smashnova, who has been noted as having a

She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.Smashnova, who has been noted as having a great last name for a tennis player,[2] reached her career-high singles ranking of World # 15 in 2003. She was in 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a girl's Grand Slam championship. She speaks three languages: Russian, English, and Hebrew.Smashnova began playing at the age of 6. She became the # 1 junior in the Soviet Union at the age of 10. She was the top girls' junior player in Russia for four years in the late 1980s, and won the girls' Soviet Union youth championship in 1989 at the age of 14.

Is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International T

Is a professional tennis player who represents the United Kingdom. She has won three International Tennis Federation (ITF) singles titles, 12 ITF doubles titles and reached a career high singles ranking of world no. 262 on 9 August 2010. Smith is currentl

S a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish t

S a Swedish curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was the lead for the Swedish team who won the gold-medal after a thrilling final game. She now currently lives in Stockholm, and plays for Härnösands CK, Härnösand.

Is a Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 145, which she reached

Is a professional Georgian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 145, which she reached on July 26, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 107, which she reached on September 20, 2010.

Is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics

Is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Poland, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992.

Is a Ukrainian chess player with the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM)

Is a Ukrainian chess player with the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).Her earliest chess results were remarkable; consistently winning events in her age group and beyond, culminating in becoming the Ukrainian Girls' (under 2

Is a Kazakhstani high jumper.She finished seventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 200

Is a Kazakhstani high jumper.She finished seventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 2005 Universiade, won the bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Championships and finished sixth at the 2006 Asian Games.

S a professional basketball player from Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 1.90 m height and plays as powe

S a professional basketball player from Fenerbahçe Istanbul. She is 1.90 m height and plays as power forward. Vajda is the best player of the Hungary national women's basketball team. 2009-10, she led Hungary back to EuroBasket Women in the qualification

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympic

Is a Russian basketball player who competed for the Russian National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. She finished seventh in the K-1 500 m eve

Is a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s. She finished seventh in the K-1 500 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Is a female volleyball player from Italy, who claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team

Is a female volleyball player from Italy, who claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2002 World Championship in Germany.

Is a Russian handball player who competed internationally with the Russian national team. She has wo

Is a Russian handball player who competed internationally with the Russian national team. She has won the World Championship three times (2001, 2005 and 2007[1]) and she also received a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Is a Russian épée fencer.

Is a Russian épée fencer.

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 73.79 metres, achieved in June 20

Is a female hammer thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 73.79 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Krasnodar.

Is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. Anna Dmitrieva was born in an a

Is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. Anna Dmitrieva was born in an artistic family. Her father was the chief artist in MKhAT abd her mother was an actress. Her father died when she was seven years old, and her mother marrie

Is a Russian synchro-swimmer.

Is a Russian synchro-swimmer.

Is an Austrian retired competitive figure skater.

Is an Austrian retired competitive figure skater.

Is an Australian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 495, which she reach

Is an Australian professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 495, which she reached on February 9, 2009. Her career high in doubles is 472, which she reached on February 9, 2009.

Is a Dutch-born Australian flatwater canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

Is a Dutch-born Australian flatwater canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Sergei Verbillo. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian nat

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. She competes with Sergei Verbillo. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian national champions. Zadorozhniuk previously skated with Alexander Veselovski and Alexander Kudriavtsev.

Is a chess player from the United States. On the July 2008 FIDE rating list for women, she is ranked

Is a chess player from the United States. On the July 2008 FIDE rating list for women, she is ranked 46th with an Elo rating of 2446. She is a Woman Grandmaster, as well as an International Master. She is a chess professional, who coaches players and comp

Is a Polish female freestyle wrestler. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 FILA Wrestling World Champ

Is a Polish female freestyle wrestler. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 FILA Wrestling World Championships in the category -55 kg.She committed an anti-doping rule violation during in-competition doping control at the 2008 Women’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. As a result, Ms. Zwirydowska has been disqualified and removed from the classification standings.

Was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won the gold medal in t

Was an East German luger who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She won the gold medal in the women's singles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. At the previous Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she initially finished second after the competition was halted to three runs due to bad weather, but was disqualified with her East German teammates Ortrun Enderlein and Angela Knösel (who was fourth) when it was discovered that they had illegally heated their runners (which are used to guide the luge on the ice as it maneuvers down the track). Enderlein, who was leading at the time, and Müller were stripped of their respective medals as a result.

Is a former professional tennis player and current television presenter. Since retiring from tennis,

Is a former professional tennis player and current television presenter. Since retiring from tennis, she has turned to television presenting, with such shows as Treasure Hunt and Interceptor. In 2005, she appeared in the ITV programme Celebrity Wrestling