Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated K

Is the former IBF Light Middleweight champion of the world. He is a Russian boxer who has defeated Keith Holmes and Kassim Ouma. He suffered his first loss in 2002, a twelve-round decision against Javier Castillejo of Spain in Castiliejo's hometown.

Is an Armenian wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg in the 2008 Summer O

Is an Armenian wrestler who won the Bronze medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

A Russian footballer. He plays centre forward for the English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Russian

A Russian footballer. He plays centre forward for the English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Russian national team.In 2005, Pavlyuchenko was first called into the Russian national team and since then has been consistently earning caps at the national level. As of August 2008 he has made 24 appearances for the national team and scored ten goals.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Lokomotiv Liski.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Lokomotiv Liski.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Nika Moscow.

Is a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m Breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics. S

Is a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m Breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Sloudnov was also the first male to break the "magic" one minute barrier for the 100 m breaststroke, clocking a 59.97 in the final of the 100 m breaststroke at the Russian National Championships and World Championship Trials in Moscow on June 29, 2001 at age 21.

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Saturn-2 Moscow Oblast.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Rusichi Oryol.

Is a Russian football forward currently playing for FC Tom Tomsk.Zharikov made his professional debu

Is a Russian football forward currently playing for FC Tom Tomsk.Zharikov made his professional debut for FC Tom Tomsk on 15 July 2009 in the Russian Cup game against FC Alania Vladikavkaz.

Is a Russian professional football player.Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player.Currently, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Volga Tver.

Armenian boxer, fighting out of Germany.

Armenian boxer, fighting out of Germany.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Nika Moscow.

Is a Russian professional footballer of Armenian descent. He currently plays for Russian First Divis

Is a Russian professional footballer of Armenian descent. He currently plays for Russian First Division side FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.

Is an Armenian football goalkeeper, the current captain of the Russian Premier League club FC Khimki

Is an Armenian football goalkeeper, the current captain of the Russian Premier League club FC Khimki and a member of Armenia national team. He participated in 56 international matches since his debut in home 1998 World Cup qualification match against Portugal on August 31, 1996.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premi

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. He moved to Vorskla Poltava from FC Kremin Kremenchuk. He was called up to Ukraine national under-21 football team for friendly match against Cyprus-21 on March 3, 2010, but not selected for game.

Is a Polish wrestler (Greco-Roman style).

Is a Polish wrestler (Greco-Roman style).

Is a former NFL player from 1991-2000. He played center, guard, offensive tackle, tackle, and tight

Is a former NFL player from 1991-2000. He played center, guard, offensive tackle, tackle, and tight end through the course of his career. He was the quarterback for his high school team at Ventura High School.

Is a Polish heavyweight boxer. He turned professional in 1999. More than a third of his professional

Is a Polish heavyweight boxer. He turned professional in 1999. More than a third of his professional fights have been in the USA. Among his more illustrious opponents have been Sinan Samil Sam, Scott Gammer, Ruediger May and WBO cruiserweight title holder

Is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Su

Is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the C-1 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Metalist in the Ukrainian Premier Leag

Is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Metalist in the Ukrainian Premier League. Butenko began his career in Polissya Zhytomyr in the Ukrainian First League. On January 2008, Butenko moved to Metalist Reserves team and was promoted by Myron Markevych to the senior team in the beginning of the 2008-09 season.

Is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender.He played for HC Vsetín in the Czech Republic from 19

Is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender.He played for HC Vsetín in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2000. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. In his first season with the Flyers, Cechmánek surprised many by capturing the starting job from Brian Boucher and being one of the best goaltenders in the league.

A former Polish professional footballer.He played in Poland for Czarni Otmuchow, Unia Krapkowice and

A former Polish professional footballer.He played in Poland for Czarni Otmuchow, Unia Krapkowice and Ruch Chorzów. After that he played for the following Turkish clubs: Kocaelispor, Besiktas, Antalyaspor and again Kocaelispor. He won the Turkish League once (2003) and the Turkish Cup twice (1997, 2002). He also played 5 matches for the Polish national football team. He retired from football in 2007 and now lives in Izmit.

Is a chess Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he earned the International Master title

Is a chess Grandmaster (GM). Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he earned the International Master title in 1970.He left the U.S.S.R. in 1976 for Israel, and earned the GM title in 1977. In 1979 Dzindzichashvili settled in the United States, and he won the Lo

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk.