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Russian and Ukrainian athletes often in first place at the World class sport tournaments. I want more than 3 Slavic women who tell famous all over the world for their sport and sport is close to zero.
Oleksandrivna Yana Klochkova is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has five Olympic medals won in her career, with four of them as gold.
Their gold medals came in the 200-meter individual medley and the 400-meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, her silverMedal came in the 800 meters freestyle at the Olympic Games 2000. She has also won ten titles at the international swimming championships, nineteen European champion, and currently holds both short-and long-course-course world records in the 400-meter altitudes. In 2003, she won four gold medals at the Summer Universiade in South Korea. She was also honored with the Hero of Ukraine. In 2004 she was named by Swimming World magazine as the World Swimmer of the Year.
AnnaSergeyevna Kournikova (born June 7, 1981) is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Although she never won a major singles tournament, she became one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the height of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova their name (or misspellings of which has one of the top keywords) on Google.
She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, Alla and Sergei Kournikov, her family later emigrated to the United States.She currently resides in Miami, Florida.
Kournikova's major-league tennis career has been limited in recent years, and possibly ended, by serious back and spinal problems. She has some success in singles play was, but her specialty has been doubles, where she was at times the world's No.1 doubles player. With Martina Hingis as her partner, she won the Grand Slam title in Australia in 1999 and 2002.
Tennis star Maria Sharapova has a lot to offerher. In just 18 years it has become the world's highest-paid athlete. In Nyagan, Russia, (born in the Siberian region) on 19 April 1987, she began playing tennis at a very young age. When she was nine years old she had to Bradenton, Fla., moved (where she currently resides) to Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy to train. Besides helping to improve Sharapova's skills, Bollettieri is also responsible for the success of many other tennis stars like AndreAgassi, Monica Seles, and Venus and Serena Williams.
Sharapova began climbing in the ranks of the World Tennis Association (WTA) and got her first tournament title in Japan in 2003. Their coronation was in 2004 when she won Wimbledon at just 17 years of age, solidifying a consistent spot in the top five. Off the court she known for her appearance. She often takes modeling jobs and works on her endorsements, including from those who like Motorola, Canon and Honda Japan. TheAttractive six foot tall blond often draws comparisons to fellow Russian tennis-pro-model Anna Kournikova is characterized, but their skills on the pitch, the two apart.
In just the past two years, it has a prime example of women's tennis. Billboards promoting the sport feature giant images of Sharapova as "Maria Mania" sweeps the globe. It has to expand to the top-draw in the sport, heralds a new era of "Rising Stars" and the support to the field after years ofDominance of Williams sisters'. In 2005 finds Sharapova on speed to come in more than 20 million U.S. dollars, of which most of its powers – the youngest of three years 6 million U.S. dollars deal with Colgate-Palmolive. But it's tennis, where is their focus. It carries with her a streak of 17 straight wins on grass heading into Wimbledon 2005, where they will defend their championship in 2004 at the prestigious event.
