User:Therexbanner/List of Russians in sports

This is a list of notable sportspeople from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, and other Russian predecessor states, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list also includes those who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and those who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country.

For the full plain list of Russian sportspeople on Wikipedia, see Category:Russian sportspeople.

Alpine Skiing

 * Svetlana Gladysheva, Olympic silver medalist, 3rd place at the world championships
 * Aleksandr Khoroshilov, Olympic skier
 * Sergei Maitakov, 3rd place at the world junior ski championships
 * Elena Mikhaylova, Russian national champion
 * Elena Prosteva, Olympic skier
 * Stepan Zuev, Olympic skier

American Football
Charles Goldenberg

Ace Gutowsky

Archery

 * Andrey Abramov, Olympic archer
 * Bair Badënov, Olympic bronze medalist, 1st place at the European championships
 * Natalia Bolotova, 2nd place at the world championships
 * Miroslava Dagbaeva, Olympic archer
 * Elena Dostay, Olympic archer
 * Natalia Erdyniyeva, 3rd place at the world championships
 * Margarita Galinovskaya, Olympic archer
 * Dmitry Nevmerzhitsky, Olympic archer
 * Balzhinima Tsyrempilov, 2nd place the world championships, 1st place at the European championships

Arm Wrestling
Alexey Voyevoda

Badminton

 * Ekaterina Ananina, Russian national champion
 * Ella Diehl, Russian national champion, Scottish International Open, & two-time Irish International winner
 * Sergey Ivlev, Russian national champion,
 * Anastasia Russkikh, Russian national champion
 * Valeria Sorokina, 3rd place at the European championships, Russian national champion
 * Nina Vislova, Gold medallist at the European Junior Badminton Championships, Russian national champion
 * Marina Yakusheva, Olympic badminton player
 * Nikolai Zuyev, Olympic badminton player

Bandy

 * Vsevolod Blinkov, Russian national champion
 * Mikhail Butusov, Russian national champion
 * Valeri Maslov, Won the Bandy World Championship eight times
 * Sergey Obukhov, Bandy World Cup, Champions Cup winner
 * Vladimir Savdunin, Russian national champion
 * Sergei Solovyov, Russian national champion

Baseball

 * Eddie Ainsmith, Played for various Major League Baseball teams
 * Victor Cole, Played for the Kansas City Royals
 * Jake Livingstone, Played for the New York Yankees
 * Victor Starffin, First professional pitcher in Japan to win three hundred games

Basketball

 * Svetlana Abrosimova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Anna Arkhipova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Olga Arteshina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ruslan Avleev, Olympic basketball player
 * Elena Baranova, Olympic gold medalist
 * Rasim Başak, Professional basketball player
 * Sergei Bazarevich, 2nd place at the World championships, 2nd place at the European championships, played in the NBA
 * Sergei Belov, Olympic gold medalist, two-time World champion, four-time European champion
 * Sergei Bykov, European basketball champion
 * Sergei Chikalkin, Russian national champion
 * Ivan Chiriaev, Professional basketball player
 * Aleksandr Dedushkin, Professional basketball player
 * Fedor Dmitriev, Russian national champion
 * Dmitri Domani, Professional basketball player
 * Ivan Dvorny, Olympic gold medalist
 * Andrei Fetisov, Professional basketball player
 * Dmitry Flis, Professional basketball player
 * Vitaly Fridzon, Professional basketball player
 * Diana Goustilina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Becky Hammon, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Travis Hansen, Professional basketball player
 * Jon Robert Holden, Professional basketball player
 * Maria Kalmykova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Vasily Karasev, 2nd place the World Championships, 2nd place at the European Championships
 * Elena Karpova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Marina Karpunina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Anatoly Kashirov, Professional basketball player
 * Sasha Kaun, Professional basketball player
 * Victor Keyru, Professional basketball player
 * Dmitri Khvostov, Professional basketball player
 * Viktor Khryapa, European basketball champion
 * Andrei Kirilenko, Professional basketball player, NBA All-Star
 * Evgeny Kolesnikov, Professional basketball player
 * Anatoly Konev, Olympic silver medalist, three-time European champion
 * Yaroslav Korolev, Professional basketball player
 * Ilona Korstin, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Nikita Kurbanov, Professional basketball player
 * Marina Kuzina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Fedor Likholitov, Professional basketball player
 * Yekaterina Lisina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Kelly McCarty, Professional basketball player
 * Cyrille Makanda, Professional basketball player
 * Kelly Miller, Professional basketball player
 * Sergei Monia, European basketball champion
 * Nikita Morgunov, 2nd place at the World Championships, European basketball champion
 * Timofey Mozgov, Professional basketball player
 * Can Maxim Mutaf, Professional basketball player
 * Anatoly Myshkin, Olympic bronze medalist, World champion, European champion
 * Irina Osipova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Yuri Ozerov, Olympic silver medalist, European basketball champion
 * Nikolay Padius, European basketball champion
 * Svetlana Pankratova, professional basketball player
 * Sergei Panov, 2nd place at the World Championships, 2nd place at the European Championships
 * Evgeniy Pashutin, Professional basketball player
 * Zakhar Pashutin, 2nd place at the World Championships, European basketball champion
 * Alexander Petrenko, Professional basketball player
 * Kirill Pichshalnikov, Professional basketball player
 * Pavel Podkolzin, Professional basketball player
 * Anton Ponkrashov, Professional basketball player
 * Epiphanny Prince, Professional basketball player
 * Oxana Rakhmatulina, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Petr Samoylenko, Professional basketball player
 * Aleksey Savrasenko, European basketball champion
 * Nikita Shabalkin, Professional basketball player
 * Tatiana Shchegoleva, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Alexey Shved, Professional basketball player
 * Dmitri Sokolov, Professional basketball player
 * Irina Sokolovskaya, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Maria Stepanova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Ilja Syrovatko, Professional basketball player
 * Sergei Tarakanov, Olympic gold medalist, World champion, European basketball champion
 * Yuri Vasiliev, Professional basketball player
 * Viktor Vlasov, Olympic silver medalist, European basketball champion
 * Natalia Vodopyanova, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Gennadi Volnov, Olympic gold medalist, World champion, European basketball champion
 * Evgeny Voronov, Professional basketball player
 * Andrey Vorontsevich, Professional basketball player
 * Egor Vyaltsev, OProfessional basketball player
 * Olga Yakovleva, Professional basketball player
 * Artem Zabelin, Professional basketball player
 * Alexey Zhukanenko, Professional basketball player
 * Aleksei Zozulin, Professional basketball player

Beach Volleyball

 * Dmitri Barsouk, Olympic volleyball player, European volleyball champion
 * Igor Kolodinsky, Olympic volleyball player,
 * Alexandra Shiryayeva, Olympic volleyball player, European volleyball champion
 * Natalya Uryadova, Olympic volleyball player, European volleyball champion

Biathlon

 * Albina Akhatova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Anna Boulygina, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Anna Burmistrova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Svetlana Tchernusova, World biathlon champion
 * Vladimir Dratchev, Olympic silver medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Rustam Garifoullin, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Natalia Guseva, Olympic bronze medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Ekaterina Iourieva, World biathlon champion
 * Maria Iovleva, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Elena Khrustaleva, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Valeri Kiriyenko, Olympic silver medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Galina Koukleva, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Nikolay Kruglov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Anastasiya Kuzmina, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Viktor Maigourov, Olympic bronze medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Irina Malgina, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Valery Medvedtsev, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Olga Medvedtseva, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Olga Melnik, Olympic silver medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Pavel Muslimov, Olympic bronze medalist
 * Luiza Noskova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Nikolay Polukhin, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Eugeni Redkine, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Anfisa Reztsova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Yana Romanova, Professional biathlete
 * Olga Romasko, Olympic silver medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Pavel Rostovtsev, Professional biathlete
 * Sergey Rozhkov, Professional biathlete
 * Anton Shipulin, Olympic bronze medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Svetlana Sleptsova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Nataliya Snytina, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Natalya Sokolova, Professional biathlete
 * Nadezhda Talanova, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Sergey Tarasov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Mikhail Terentiev, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Sergey Tchepikov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Ivan Tcherezov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Maxim Tchoudov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Andrey Tokarev, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Evgeny Ustyugov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Dmitri Yaroshenko, World biathlon champion
 * Olga Zaitseva, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion
 * Irek Zaripov, Olympic gold medalist, World biathlon champion

Bobsleigh

 * Dmitry Abramovitch,
 * Konstantin Aladachvili,
 * Alexey Andryunin,
 * Kristina Bader,
 * Elena Doronina,
 * Olga Fyodorova,
 * Sergey Golubev,
 * Nikolay Hrenkov,
 * Alexey Kireev,
 * Alevtina Kovalenko,
 * Petr Moiseev,
 * Denis Moiseychenkov,
 * Roman Oreshnikov,
 * Evgeny Pechonkin,
 * Yevgeni Popov,
 * Sergey Prudnikov,
 * Alexei Seliverstov,
 * Anastasia Skulkina,
 * Kirill Sosunov,
 * Dmitriy Stepushkin,
 * Yulia Timofeeva,
 * Viktoria Tokovaya,
 * Dmitry Trunenkov,
 * Alexander Ushakov,
 * Alexey Voyevoda,
 * Filipp Yegorov,
 * Andrey Yurkov,
 * Alexandr Zubkov,

Bodybuilding

 * Varya Akulova
 * Aleksandr Fyodorov
 * Elena Panova
 * Sergey Shelestov
 * Efim Shifrin
 * Elena Shportun
 * Vladimir Turchinsky

Bowling
Evgenia Tsarkova

Boxing

 * Alexander Alexeev
 * Georgy Balakshin
 * Denis Boytsov
 * Valery Brudov
 * Aleksander Emelianenko
 * Denis Inkin
 * Sergey Kalchugin
 * Roman Karmazin
 * Sergey Kazakov
 * Matvey Korobov
 * Alexander Maletin
 * Egor Mekhontsev
 * Dmitry Pirog
 * Aleksandr Povetkin
 * Roman Romanchuk
 * Oleg Saitov
 * Aleksei Tishchenko
 * Kostya Tszyu
 * Nikolai Valuev
 * Sergey Vodopyanov
 * Andrey Zamkovoy
 * Roman Zentsov

Bridge
Irina Levitina

Chess

 * Alexander Alekhine
 * Ekaterina Atalik
 * Mikhail Botvinnik
 * Elisabeth Bykova
 * Dmitry Jakovenko
 * Anatoly Karpov
 * Garry Kasparov
 * Alexandra Kosteniuk
 * Vladimir Kramnik
 * Boris Maliutin
 * Vasily Smyslov
 * Artyom Timofeev
 * Sergey Volkov

Canoeing
Aleksandr Artemida

Sergey Chemenov

Viktor Denisov

Yevgeniy Dorokhin

Alexander Dyachenko

Konstantin Fomichev

Sergey Gaikov

Vitaly Galkov

Vitaliy Gankin

Nina Gopova

Oleg Gorobiy

Natalya Gouilly

Evgeny Ignatov

Vladimir Grushikhin

Aleksandr Ivanik

Andrey Kabanov

Maria Kazakova

Sergey Khovanskiy

Artem Kononuk

Andrey Konovalov

Pavel Konovalov

Sergey Kosilov

Larissa Kosorukova

Olga Kostenko

Aleksandr Kostoglod

Ignat Kovalev

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov

Galina Kreft

Roman Kruglyakov

Danila Kuznetsov

Mikhail Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (canoer)

Vladimir Ladosha

Dmitry Larionov

Anton Lazko

Aleksander Lipatov

Nikolay Lipkin

Natalia Lobova

Vasiliy Mailov

Ilya Medvedev

Viktor Melantev

Alexander Nikolaev

Maxim Opalev

Stepan Oshchepkov

Anastasia Panchenko

Mikhail Pavlov (canoeist)

Aleksandra Perova

Pavel Petrov

Vladislav Polzounov

Galina Poryvayeva

Natalia Proskurina

Anton Ryakhov

Yuliana Salakhova

Yevgeny Salakhov

Irina Salomykova

Anastasia Sergeeva

Andrey Shchegolikhin

Stephan Shevchuk

Andrey Shkiotov

Ivan Shtyl

Tatyana Tischenko

Anatoli Tishchenko

Olga Tishchenko

Andrey Tissin

Yelena Tissina

Denys Tourtchenkov

Sergey Tsibuinikov

Georgiy Tsybulnikov

Sergey Ulegin

Anton Vasilev

Sergey Verlin

Aleksandr Vinogradov

Konstantin Vishnyakov

Aleskey Volkinskiy

Alexey Volkonsky

Mikhail Zamotin

Roman Zarubin

Viktor Zavolskiy

Curling
Andrey Drozdov

Nkeirouka Ezekh

Margarita Fomina

Ekaterina Galkina

Jason Gunnlaugson

Olga Jarkova

Liudmila Privivkova

Anna Sidorova

Anastassia Skoultan

Darts
Irina Armstrong

Anastasia Dobromyslova

Roman Konchikov

Diving
Inga Afonina

Aleksandr Dobroskok

Dmitriy Dobroskok

Gleb Galperin

Natalia Mikhaylovna Goncharova

Vera Ilyina

Yulia Koltunova

Yuriy Kunakov

Irina Lashko

Igor Lukashin

Yelena Miroshina

Alexey Molchanov

Yuliya Pakhalina

Anastasia Pozdniakova

Nadezhda Bazhina

Dmitri Sautin

Vladimir Timoshinin

Aliaksandr Varlamau

Draughts
Alexander Baljakin

Alexei Chizhov

Alexander Georgiev

Vladimir Kaplan

Alex Moiseyev

Rashid Nezhmetdinov

Alexander Schwarzman

Tamara Tansykkuzhina

Electronic Sports
Ivan Demidov

Anton Singov

Equestrians
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia

Vladimir Littauer

Karol Rómmel

Field Hockey
Minneula Azizov

Valeri Belyakov

Viktor Deputatov

Aleksandr Goncharov

Aleksandr Gusev

Sergei Klevtsov

Viacheslav Lampeev

Aleksandr Miasnikov

Mikhail Nichepurenko

Leonid Pavlovski

Sergei Pleshakov

Vladimir Pleshakov

Aleksandr Sychyov

Oleg Zagorodnev

Farit Zigangirov

Freestyle Skiing
Marina Cherkasova (skier)

Egor Korotkov

Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova

Vladimir Lebedev

Dmitry Marushchak

Daria Serova

Sergey Shupletsov

Alexandr Smyshlyaev

Go
Alexandre Dinerchtein

Svetlana Shikshina

Golf
Svetlana Gounkina

Maria Kostina

Maria Verchenova

Luge
Denis Alimov

Yuliya Anashkina

Gennady Belyakov

Vladimir Boitsov

Sergey Danilin

Albert Demtschenko

Stepan Fedorov

Irina Gubkina

Tatiana Ivanova

Dmitriy Khamkin

Natalia Khoreva

Viktor Kneib

Semen Kolobayev

Boris Kuryschkin

Mikhail Kuzmich

Pavel Kuzmich

Yekaterina Lavrentyeva

Ivan Lazarev (luger)

Aleksey Lebedev

Vladimir Makhnutin

Stanislav Mikheev

Roman Molvistov

Ivan Nevmerzhitski

Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova

Lyubov Panyutina

Pyotr Popov

Pavel Porzhnev

Vladimir Prokhorov

Alexandra Rodionova

Kiril Serikov

Anastasiya Skulkina

Jury Talykh

Jury Veselov

Yuliya Vetlova

Aleksandr Yegorov (luger)

Vladislav Yuzhakov

Aleksei Zelensky

Alexandr Zubkov

Nordic Skiing
Sergey Chervyakov

Vyacheslav Dryagin

Andrey Dundukov

Alexey Fadeyev

Ildar Garifullin

Nikolay Gusakov

Valeriy Kapaev

Nikolay Fyodorovich Kiselyov

Valery Kobelev

Dmitry Kochkin

Allar Levandi

Robert Makara

Sergey Maslennikov

Alexander Mayorov

Niyaz Nabeev

Nikolay Nogovitsyn

Aleksandr Nossov

Ivan Panin (skier)

Nikolai Parfionov

Alexander Prosvirnin

Dmitry Sinitsyn

Valeri Stolyarov

Pentathlon
Andrey Moiseyev

Boris Nepokupnoy

Dmitri Svatkovskiy

Eduard Zenovka

Pool
Konstantin Stepanov

Professional Wrestling
Salman Hashimikov

Alex Koslov

Ivan Markov

Victor Zangiev

Alexander Zass

Racing
Sergey Afanasyev (racing driver)

Mikhail Aleshin

Yuri Baiborodov

Alexey Chuklin

Aleksei Dudukalo

Nikolai Fomenko

Lev Fridman

Boris Ivanowski

Dimitri Jorjadze

Alessandro Vita Kouzkin

Sergei Krylov (racing driver)

Daniil Kvyat

Kirill Ladygin

Ivan Lukashevich

Alexander Lvov

Viktor Maslov (racing driver)

Sergey Mokshantsev

Daniil Move

Anton Nebylitskiy

Andrei Romanov (racing driver)

Roman Rusinov

Timur Sadredinov

Ivan Samarin

Viktor Shapovalov

David Sigachev

Andrey Smetsky

Max Snegirev

Igor Troubetzkoy

Alexander Tyuryumin

Alexey Vasilyev (racing driver)

Evgeny Zelenov

Maxim Zimin

Sergei Zlobin

Rally
Vladimir Chagin

Evgeny Novikov

Rugby Union
Vasily Artemiev

Igor Galinovskiy

B.P. Gavrilov

Kirill Kulemin

Alexander Obolensky

Alexandre Tichonov

Speed Skating
Tatiana Borodulina

Nina Yevteyeva

Viktoriya Troytskaya

Yuliya Vlasova

Skeleton
Konstantin Aladachvili

Sergey Chudinov

Olga Korobkina

Yekaterina Mironova

Alexander Tretiakov

Svetlana Trunova

Yelena Yudina

Ski Jumping
Ildar Fatchullin

Dimitry Ipatov

Pavel Karelin

Arthur Khamidulin

Valery Kobelev

Denis Kornilov

Ilya Rosliakov

Roman Sergeevich Trofimov

Dimitry Vassiliev

Snowboarding
Svetlana Boldykova

Stanislav Detkov

Yekaterina Ilyukhina

Yuri Podladchikov

Yekaterina Tudegesheva

Alena Zavarzina

Sumo
Aran Hakutora

Hakurozan Yūta

Alan Karaev

Rohō Yukio

Wakanohō Toshinori

Synchronized Swimming
Yelena Antonova (synchronized swimmer)

Yelena Azarova

Olga Brusnikina

Anastasia Davydova

Mariya Gromova

Natalia Ishchenko

Elvira Khasyanova

Mariya Kiselyova

Olga Kuzhela

Olga Novokshchenova

Yelena Ovchinnikova

Irina Pershina

Svetlana Romashina

Olga Sedakova

Anna Shorina

Yelena Soya

Yuliya Vasilyeva

Olga Vasyukova

Anastasiya Yermakova

Table Tennis
Oksana Fadeyeva

Svetlana Ganina

Irina Kotikhina

Elena Timina

Triathlon
Irina Abysova

Alena Adanichkina

Nina Valentinovna Anisimova

Olga Dmitrieva

Olga Erofeeva

Olga Generalova

Lyubov Ivanovskaya

Vyacheslav Pimenov

Anastasiya Polyanskaya

Dmitry Polyanski

Igor Andreyevich Polyanski

Anastasia Protasenya

Natalia Shliakhtenko

Mikhail Shubin (triathlete)

Arina Shulgina

Yevgeniya Sukhoruchenkova

Igor Sysoyev

Yach Racing
Aleksandr Muzychenko

Eugene Platon

Dmitri Shabanov

Georgi Shayduko

Igor Skalin

Eduard Skornyakov

Philip Strauch