Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a Russian professional basketball player.

Is a Russian professional basketball player.

Is a Kazakh professional road bicycle racer who was fired from UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole for dopi

Is a Kazakh professional road bicycle racer who was fired from UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole for doping.Fofonov tested positive for heptaminol after the 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France. Fofonov had completed the race in 19th place, and was fired by Cr

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and

Is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squads at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian-American chess grandmaster.Gurevich emigrated to New York in 1980 and earned the grandm

Is a Russian-American chess grandmaster.Gurevich emigrated to New York in 1980 and earned the grandmaster title three years later. Dmitry has had especially good results at the National Open in Las Vegas, sharing first place on numerous occasions i.e., 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1996, and 1997. He won the U.S. Open title in both 1988 and 1994 and has been a regular finisher at the top of North American events as well as a regular participant in the U.S. Invitational Championship.

Is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further

Is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved overseas to further his prospects of becoming a professional player. Tursunov went to live in the U.S. and has lived there ever since.

Is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 273

Is a Russian chess grandmaster. On the July 2007 FIDE Elo rating list, Jakovenko has a rating of 2735, making him the number 10 player in the world.He learned chess from his father at age 3,and was later coached by former Kasparov trainer Alexander Nikitin. In 2001 he won he U18 World Championship and the Saint-Vincent Open,in 2004 he decided to become a professional chess player (he was a student with outstanding marks in math and science).

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Belarus, who represented his native country at two consecutive Su

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Belarus, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia).

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1912

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player.

Is a Russian handball player.

Is a Russian professional footballer, who plays in the Meistriliiga the highest level of Estonian fo

Is a Russian professional footballer, who plays in the Meistriliiga the highest level of Estonian for JK Sillamäe Kalev. He plays the position of striker and is 1.70 m tall and weighs 70 kg.

Is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his fa

Is a Russian speedskater who specialises in the shortest distances, with the 500 metres being his favourite. At the 2004 World Single Distance Championships in Seoul he achieved the silver medal at this distance, only allowing Jeremy Wotherspoon to be fas

Was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. Matveyev also competed at the 1968 Summer

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. Matveyev also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in the K-4 1000 m event, but was eliminated in the semifinals.

Is an Russian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Is an Russian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 2000s.

Is a Russian boxer in the Middleweight division and the current WBO Middleweight Champion. Dmitry us

Is a Russian boxer in the Middleweight division and the current WBO Middleweight Champion. Dmitry used to be a chess player and wasn’t getting enough activity, so he decided to start boxing. He had over 230 amateur fights, winning several Russian National

Is a former speedskater. At an international meet at Medeo 9-10 January 1955, Sakunenko was the firs

Is a former speedskater. At an international meet at Medeo 9-10 January 1955, Sakunenko was the first person to skate the 5000-m below eight minutes, with 7:54.9. In a later pair, Boris Shilkov improved this world record to 7:45.6. On this occasion Sakune

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in

Is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m events. Twelve years later in Beijing, Torpolov wa

Is an alpine skier from Kyrgyzstan. He competed for Kyrgyzstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the sl

Is an alpine skier from Kyrgyzstan. He competed for Kyrgyzstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. Trelevski was Kyrgyzstan's flag bearer during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for HC Spartak Moscow.He played for Kazakhst

Is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for HC Spartak Moscow.He played for Kazakhstan U-20 by the IIHF World U20 Championship 1996 and 1997 and with the Team Kazakhstan at B World Cup 1999 & 2000; and 2004, 2005 and 2006 A World Cup with his homeland.

Is a boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,

Is a boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

A football player from Belarus who plays for Bohemians Praha (Strížkov) in the Czech Gambrinus lig

A football player from Belarus who plays for Bohemians Praha (Strížkov) in the Czech Gambrinus liga.[1]Lentsevich joined Bohemians on a free transfer from FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in January 2008. He had previously made 20

Is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg category. At the 2005 World Championships he ranke

Is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg category. At the 2005 World Championships he ranked 4th, with a total of 408 kg.

Is an archer from Russia.

Is an archer from Russia.

A soccer player from Russia. His position is striker he played for FC Sportakademklub Moscow on loan

A soccer player from Russia. His position is striker he played for FC Sportakademklub Moscow on loan from PFC CSKA Moscow.

Is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Vasilyev won a gold medal wit

Is a former Soviet biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Vasilyev won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team, which consisted of himself, Yuri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna and Sergey Bulygin.