Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was a Russian chess master.He played many tournaments in Sankt Petersburg. He took 4th in 1902, 8th

Was a Russian chess master.He played many tournaments in Sankt Petersburg. He took 4th in 1902, 8th in 1903, 13th, 5th, 2nd and 3rd in 1904, tied for 3-4th, tied for 4-5th, and took 3rd (Rice tournament) in 1905, tied for 13-14th in 1905/06 (All-Russian Masters' Tournament, Russian Chess Championship won by Gersz Salwe),[1][2] took 6th in 1906, took 4th in 1907, took 3rd in 1908, tied for 4-6th in 1909 (Alexander Alekhine won), took 5th and tied for 12-13th in 1911 (Stepan Levitsky won).

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles ch

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17.

Is a U.S. International Grandmaster in chess. In Russian, his name is pronounced "bah-REES gul-KO".G

Is a U.S. International Grandmaster in chess. In Russian, his name is pronounced "bah-REES gul-KO".Gulko became an international master in 1975, and a grandmaster in 1976. He won the USSR Chess Championship in 1977. Shortly after, he applied to leave the country, but permission was refused. He and his wife, Anna Akhsharumova, who is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, became prominent Soviet Refuseniks. As a vehement anti-Communist, he was once arrested and beaten by KGB agents.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Pirin Blagoevgrad as a midfielder. He is a central

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Pirin Blagoevgrad as a midfielder. He is a central midfielder.

Is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light We

Is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.

Is a boxer from Bulgaria.He competed for Bulgaria in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finl

Is a boxer from Bulgaria.He competed for Bulgaria in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the middleweight event where he finished in third place.

Was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) a

Was a Russian boxer, who won the gold medal in the men's featherweight division (– 57 kilograms) at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR.

Is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for Austrian Football Bund

Is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for Austrian Football Bundesliga side Kapfenberger SV. He plays as a midfielder.

A Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team.As a

A Russian football manager and former player. In 1996-1998 he coached the Russia national team.As a footballer, Ignatyev spent only one season in the Soviet Top League, with Volga Gorky in 1964. He played as a midfielder.

Is a Chilean footballer, who plays right midfield. He made his professional debut with Chilean club

Is a Chilean footballer, who plays right midfield. He made his professional debut with Chilean club Rangers where he spent his first two seasons. The next four seasons he would spend with Cobreloa, where he would win three championships. Now he plays for Deportes Antofagasta, after spending the entire 2008 year with Universidad Católica.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian-American chess master.He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Geo

Was a Russian-American chess master.He played in the U.S. Chess Championship three times. He was Georgia, USA champion seven years in a row (1980–1986) and won it a total of nine times (additional wins in 1988 and 1992).

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Pirin Blagoevgrad as a striker. Kondev previously p

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Pirin Blagoevgrad as a striker. Kondev previously played for Lokomotiv Sofia and Rodopa Smolyan in the A PFG and for Irtysh Pavlodar in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

Is an American Grandmaster of chess.Kreiman began his chess training in Russia, at the young age of

Is an American Grandmaster of chess.Kreiman began his chess training in Russia, at the young age of 5 at the Russian School of Chess in Moscow. It was at Brighton Beach that Kreiman trained with Grandmaster Gata Kamsky, a Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster who was once noted for being the third highest rated chess player in the world.

Is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.In 1999, he tied for 5-6

Is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990.In 1999, he tied for 5-6th with Alexander Huzman in Tel Aviv (Boris Gelfand, Ilia Smirin, and Lev Psakhis won). In 2000, he tied for 1st-2nd with Huzman in Biel and took 6th in Haifa (Wydra Tournament; Viswanathan Anand won). In 2001, he won in Biel. In 2004, he tied for 8-9th in Beer Sheva Rapid (Viktor Korchnoi won).

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Was a Soviet wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Soviet wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian-American chess master.Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a

Was a Russian-American chess master.Kogan was the Soviet Junior Champion in 1956 and 1957. He was a full-time chess teacher in the Soviet Union before emigrating and coming to the United States in 1981.

Was a Ukrainian-Russian International Master of chess. He was one of the top Soviet players of the 1

Was a Ukrainian-Russian International Master of chess. He was one of the top Soviet players of the 1920s, and was in the top 20 in the world in 1926, clearly of Grandmaster strength at that time. He was a deaf mute, and this placed him at a great handicap throughout his life.

Is a Croatian figure skater.

Is a Croatian figure skater.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Mosc

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow.

Was a Russian mathematician and chess master.He was a professor of mathematics at the Saint Petersbu

Was a Russian mathematician and chess master.He was a professor of mathematics at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology.[2][3] In 1930, he developed the special theory of limitants.[4]Koyalovich lived and died in St. Petersburg (also known as Petrograd and Leningrad during his lifetime). He played in many of the city's chess tournaments, taking 4th place in 1901 (Sergey Lebedev won), 3rd in 1902 (Mikhail Chigorin and Alexander Levin won),[5] and 11th in 1903 (Grigory Helbach, Krzyzanowski and Emmanuel Schiffers won). In 1904 he competed at three events, tying for 4-5th in one (Eugene Znosko-Borovsky won), taking 5th in another (Chigorin won), and winning the third. He tied for 4-5th in 1905 (Chigorin won), tied for 8-9th in 1906 (Simon Alapin won), and tied for 5-6th in 1907 (Sergey von Freymann won).[6]

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top Leagu

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1987 for FC Zenit Leningrad. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1989–90 for FC Zenit Leningrad.

Was a Russian ice hockey player who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was born in Moscow. Zay

Was a Russian ice hockey player who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was born in Moscow. Zaytsev played for HC Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet Hockey League.