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==Sportspeople== {{main|List of Russian sportspeople}} ===Basketball=== *[[David Blatt]], U.S. college and Israeli professional guard; coach in Israel & Russia, [[Russia national basketball team|Russian national basketball team]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHPdMoXyFfMC&q=jewish+%22david+blatt%22+basketball&pg=PA404 |title=American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing|author=Carson Cunningham|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|isbn=978-0-8032-2293-9|year=2010 |access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> *[[Alex Chubrevich]] (born 1986), Israeli basketball player * [[Alexander Gomelsky]], head coach of [[USSR]] national team for 30 years, including victory in [[1988 Summer Olympics]], Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame *[[Andrei Kirilenko (basketball)|Andrei Kirilenko]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player * [[Daniel Koperberg]] (born 1997), Israeli basketball player *[[Egor Koulechov]] (born 1994), Israeli-Russian professional basketball player for Israeli team [[Ironi Nahariya]] *[[Kirill Pishchalnikov]], [[Russian Professional Basketball League|PBL]], [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]], basketball player ===Boxers=== [[File:RagozinaNatalia6.JPG|thumb|90px|[[Natascha Ragosina]]]] *[[Boris Lagutin]], double Olympic gold medalist light-middleweight division *[[Oleg Maskaev]], professional boxer, former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] Heavyweight Champion *[[Dmitry Pirog]], professional boxer, [[WBO]] Middleweight Champion *[[Alexander Povetkin]], Olympic gold medalist *[[Natascha Ragosina]], boxing world champion *[[Shamil Sabirov]], Olympic gold medalist light flyweight *[[Oleg Saitov]], double Olympic gold medalist in the welterweight division *[[Aleksei Tishchenko]], Olympic gold medalist featherweight and lightweight divisions *[[Kostya Tszyu]], professional boxer, former Undisputed Junior Welterweight champion *[[Nikolai Valuev]], professional boxer, former 2-time [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] Heavyweight champion ===Chess players=== {{main|Russian chess players}} [[File:Vladimir Kramnik 2005.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]]] [[File:Kasparov-34.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Garry Kasparov]]]] *[[Alexander Alekhine]] *[[Yuri Averbakh]] *[[Mikhail Chigorin]] *[[Mikhail Botvinnik]] *[[Semen Furman]] *[[Anatoly Karpov]] *[[Garry Kasparov]] *[[Victor Korchnoi]] *[[Vladimir Kramnik]] *[[Grigory Levenfish]] *[[Andor Lilienthal]] *[[Vyacheslav Ragozin]] *[[Vasily Smyslov]] *[[Boris Spassky]] *[[Leonid Yudasin]] ===Fencers=== * [[Sergey Bida]] (born 1993), épée fencer, Olympic silver medalist living in the United States * [[Violetta Khrapina|Violetta Khrapina Bida]] (born 1994), Olympic épée fencer living in the United States *[[Konstantin Lokhanov]] (born 1998), sabre fencer, 2-time junior world champion and Olympic fencer living in the United States *[[Maria Mazina]] (born 1964), épée fencer, Olympic gold medalist, bronze *[[Mark Midler]] (1931–2012), foil fencer, 2-time Olympic champion *[[Mark Rakita]] (born 1938), saber fencer, 2-time Olympic champion, 2-time silver *[[Yakov Rylsky]] (1928–1999), saber fencer, Olympic champion *[[Sergey Sharikov]] (1974–2015), sabre fencer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, silver, bronze *[[David Tyshler]] (1927–2014), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze medalist *[[Eduard Vinokurov]] (1942–2010), sabre fencer, 2-time Olympic gold medalist, silver, six-time team world champion *[[Iosif Vitebskiy]] (born 1938), épée fencer, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion, US fencing coach ===Figure skaters=== [[File:Evgeni Plushenko at 2010 European Championships.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Evgeni Plushenko]]]] *[[Ludmila Belousova]], two-time Olympic pairs champion *[[Ekaterina Gordeeva]], two-time Olympic pairs champion *[[Aleksandr Gorelik]], pair skater, Olympic silver, World Championship 2-time silver, bronze *[[Sergei Grinkov]], two-time Olympic pairs champion *[[Gennadi Karponossov]], Olympic champion, 2-time World Champion, silver, 2-time bronze, ice dancer & coach *[[Evgenia Medvedeva]], 2-time Olympic silver, 2 time World Champion, 2-time European champion, European silver, World bronze, first singles skater to set a 13-competition winning Streak, 2-time back to back [[Grand Slam (figure skating)|Grand Slam]] winner *[[Evgeni Plushenko]], 2006 Olympic champion *[[Oleg Protopopov]], two-time Olympic pairs champion *[[Julia Shapiro]], pair skater *[[Irina Slutskaya]], two-time World Champion, 3-time silver, bronze, Olympic silver, bronze *[[Maxim Staviski]], World Champion ice dancer, silver, bronze<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0206/bloom_olympics06.php3 |title=The Tribe goes to Torino: Sketches of Jewish Olympic-Bound Athletes|last=Bloom|first=Nate|publisher=JWR |date=February 16, 2006 |access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref> *[[Alexandra Trusova]], first woman to land a quad Lutz jump, quad Toe loop and quad flip, Olympic silver. *[[Alexei Urmanov]], 1994 Olympic champion *[[Alexei Yagudin]], 2002 Olympic champion *[[Alina Zagitova]], 2018 Olympic champion and [[Grand Slam (figure skating)|Grand Slam]] winner ===Gymnasts=== [[File:London 2012 Aliya Mustafina.jpg|90px|thumb|[[Aliya Mustafina]]]] *[[Nikolai Andrianov]], winner of 15 Olympic medals *[[Yelena Davydova]], 1980 Olympic all-around champion *[[Svetlana Khorkina]], winner of 7 Olympic medals *[[Olga Korbut]], winner of 4 Olympic medals *[[Yevgeniya Kanayeva]], only rhythmic gymnast to win two Olympic all-around gold medals *[[Sofia Muratova]], winner of 8 Olympic medals *[[Aliya Mustafina]], 2012 Olympic gold medalist *[[Alexei Nemov]], winner of 12 Olympic medals *[[Natalia Shaposhnikova]], 2-time Olympic champion *[[Yelena Shushunova]], Olympic champion *[[Aleksandr Tkachyov (gymnast)|Aleksandr Tkachyov]], 2-time Olympic champion ===Ice hockey players=== [[File:Viacheslav Fetisov.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Viacheslav Fetisov]]]] [[File:RR5110-0098R.png|thumb|90px|[[Valeri Kharlamov]]]] [[File:Vladislav Tretiak.JPG|thumb|90px|[[Vladislav Tretiak]]]] [[File:AlexOvechkin-Warmup.JPG|thumb|90px|[[Alexander Ovechkin]]]] *[[Maxim Afinogenov]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player *[[Yevgeny Babich]], Olympic gold medalist *[[Ilya Bryzgalov]], [[Phoenix Coyotes]] goalie, former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] star *[[Pavel Bure]], NHL player *[[Valeri Bure]] *[[Pavel Datsyuk]], NHL player *[[Vitaly Davydov]], 3-time Olympic gold medalist, World & European champion 1963–71, runner-up 1972 *[[Sergei Gonchar]], NHL player *[[Sergei Fedorov]], NHL player *[[Viacheslav Fetisov]] *[[Kirill Kaprizov]], NHL player *[[Nikolai Khabibulin]], NHL goalie *[[Valeri Kharlamov]], international ice hockey player *[[Vladimir Konstantinov]] *[[Ilya Kovalchuk]], NHL player *[[Alexei Kovalev]] *[[Vyacheslav Kozlov]] *[[Alfred Kuchevsky]], Olympic champion 1956, bronze 1960; twice world champion *[[Oleg Kvasha]] *[[Igor Larionov]] *[[Yuri Lyapkin]] (born 1945), ice hockey player, Soviet Hockey League, Olympic gold medal, Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame *[[Evgeni Malkin]], NHL player *[[Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)|Sergei Makarov]] *[[Andrei Markov (ice hockey)|Andrei Markov]] *[[Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey)|Boris Mikhailov]] *[[Alexander Ovechkin]], NHL player *[[Alexander Radulov]], [[KHL]] player *[[Semyon Varlamov]], NHL goalie *[[Vladimir Petrov (ice hockey)|Vladimir Petrov]] *[[Alexei Ponikarovsky]] *[[Alexander Semin]], NHL player *[[Vladislav Tretiak]], goalie *[[Alexander Yakushev]] *[[Alexie Yashin]] forward *[[Yevgeni Zimin]] Olympic champion 1968–72, World & European champion 1968–69, 1971 *[[Viktor Zinger]], Olympic champion 1968; world champion 1965–69 *[[Sergei Zubov]] ===Motorsport=== [[File:Daniil Kvyat 2015 Malaysia.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Daniil Kvyat]]]] [[File:Никита Мазепин - интервью - 2019, 02.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Nikita Mazepin]]]] [[File:Vitaly Petrov in Goodwood.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Vitaly Petrov]]]] [[File:Sergey Sirotkin Moscow.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Sergey Sirotkin]]]] *[[Daniil Kvyat]], Formula One driver *[[Nikita Mazepin]], Formula One driver *[[Vitaly Petrov]], Formula One driver *[[Sergey Sirotkin]], Formula One driver ===Association football players=== [[File:Arshavin.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Andrei Arshavin]]]] [[File:RR5110-0100R.png|thumb|90px|[[Lev Yashin]]]] [[File:RR5110-0102R 2 рубля серебро 2009 Выдающиеся спортсмены Стрельцов реверс.png|thumb|90px|[[Eduard Streltsov]]]] *[[Igor Akinfeev]], goalkeeper *[[Dmitri Alenichev]], midfielder *[[Andrei Arshavin]], midfielder, striker *[[Rashid Asanov]], midfielder *[[Vladimir Beschastnykh]], striker *[[Konstantin Beskov]], striker, coach *[[Grigori Bogemsky]], striker *[[Valentin Bubukin]], midfielder, coach *[[Mikhail Gershkovich]] (born 1948), striker, coach *[[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov, Sr.]], striker, coach *[[Gavriil Kachalin]], midfielder, coach *[[Andrei Kanchelskis]], midfielder *[[Valery Karpin]], midfielder, coach *[[Dmitri Kharine]], goalkeeper *[[Rushan Khasanov]], defender, midfielder, striker * [[Shmuel Kozokin]] (born 1987), Israeli defender *[[Gennady Logofet]] (1942–2011), footballer and football coach *[[Aleksandr Mostovoi]], midfielder *[[Igor Netto]], defender, coach *[[Viktor Onopko]], defender *[[Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer born 1970)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], goalkeeper, coach *[[Roman Pavlyuchenko]], striker *[[Boris Razinsky]] (1933—2012), goalkeeper/striker, Olympic gold medal, manager *[[Oleg Salenko]], striker *[[Nikita Simonyan]], first vice-president of the [[Russian Football Union]] *[[Eduard Streltsov]], midfielder, striker *[[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]], midfielder *[[Arkadi Tyapkin]] (1895–1942), defender *[[Lev Yashin]] (1929—1990), voted the [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper|best goalkeeper]] of the 20th century by the [[IFFHS]]<ref>{{cite web |title=IFFHS' Century Elections |author= Stokkermans, Karel |work= RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html |access-date=June 25, 2008 }}</ref> *[[Ivan Yegorov (footballer)|Ivan Yegorov]] (1891–1943), striker *[[Valery Voronin]], midfielder *[[Yuri Zhirkov]] (born 1983), defender, midfielder * [[Mihail Titow]], forward ===Swimmers=== [[File:Semyon Belits-Geiman 1966.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Semyon Belits-Geiman]]]] *[[Semyon Belits-Geiman]], Olympic freestyle swimmer *[[Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov]], swimmer *[[Yevgeny Sadovyi]], freestyle swimmer ===Tennis players=== [[File:Maria Sharapova, December 2008.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Maria Sharapova]]]] [[File:Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 2000.jpg|thumb|90px|[[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]]]] *[[Nikolay Davydenko]], former consistent top 10 player *[[Elena Dementieva]], silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics * [[Natela Dzalamidze]] (born 1993), tennis player, took on Georgian citizenship *[[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]], former world no. 1 tennis player *[[Anna Kournikova]], former top 10 tennis player *[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], former world no. 2 tennis player; won the 2004 U.S. Open and 2009 French Open * [[Evgenia Linetskaya]] (born 1986), Russian-born Israeli tennis player *[[Anastasia Myskina]], former world no. 2 tennis player; won the 2004 French Open (becoming the first Russian woman to win a grand slam title) * [[Daniel Prenn]] (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player *[[Marat Safin]], former world no. 1 tennis player; won 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open. *[[Dinara Safina]], former world no. 1 ladies tennis player *[[Maria Sharapova]], former world no. 1 tennis player; won 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 U.S. Open, 2008 Australian Open, 2012 French Open and silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics *[[Vera Zvonareva]], two time Grand Slam finalist *[[Daniil Medvedev]], former world no. 1 tennis player and [[2021 US Open (tennis)|2021 US Open]] champion ===Weightlifters=== *[[Vasily Alexeev]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] weightlifter, set 80 world records *[[Yury Vlasov|Yuri Vlasov]], weightlifter, 1960 Olympic gold medalist *[[Arkady Vorobyov]], weightlifter, 2-time Olympic gold medalist *[[Leonid Zhabotinsky]], weightlifter, 2-time Olympic gold medalist ===Wrestlers=== *[[Boris Maksovich Gurevich]], Olympic champion wrestler *[[Alexander Karelin]], wrestler *[[Roho]] (Soslan Boradzov), wrestler *[[Artem Surkov]], [[Greco-Roman wrestling|Greco-Roman]] wrestler ===Other sportspeople=== [[File:Fedor Emelianenko in a seminar in New Jersey, mid 2006.png|thumb|90px|[[Fedor Emelianenko]]]] [[File:Isinbaeva.JPG|thumb|90px|[[Yelena Isinbaeva]]]] *[[Evgeny Abalakov]], mountaineer *[[Vitaly Abalakov]], mountaineer *[[Inga Artamonova]], speed skater *[[John Barsha]], American football player *[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]], middle distance runner *[[Anatoli Boukreev]], mountaineer *[[Fedor Emelianenko]], MMA fighter *[[Khabib Nurmagomedov]], former [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] Lightweight Champion *[[Islam Makhachev]], current [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] Lightweight Champion and student of [[Khabib Nurmagomedov]] *[[Lisa Cross]], body builder *[[Maria Leontyavna Itkina]], sprinter *[[Mikhail Mamistov]], 2-time world champion acrobatic pilot *[[Natalya Nazarova]], sprinter *[[Svetlana Kapanina]], pilot *[[Svetlana Krivelyova]], shot putter *[[Yelena Isinbayeva]], pole vaulter, 2004 Olympic gold medalist *[[Nina Romashkova]], powered and [[Glider aircraft|glider]] [[competition aerobatics|aerobatic]] pilot *[[Lidia Skoblikova]], 2-time Olympic gold medalist speed skater *[[Lev Vainshtein]], shooter
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