Famous Russian athletes. Life after sports: the most successful athletes in Russia

There are many curious facts and achievements in the world of sports, which we will discuss in this article.

most popular trainer

most expensive baseball card

Why is the price of some card so high? They were released at the beginning of the 20th century, when Honus Wagner fought against smoking. A hundred years have passed, and only 50-60 copies have survived to this day.

The best karate

From that moment it all started - the boy became very hurt, and he decided to take revenge. With incredible efforts, training day and night, cherishing the plan of revenge in his heart, the boy developed spiritually. When Kanazawa finished school, he was already so strong not only physically, but also morally, that he forgave the old offender, and he died after 2 years. Today, Hirokazu Kanazawa is already over 80 years old, but being the owner of a black belt and 10-dan, he remains the best karateka of our time and age is not a hindrance to him.

Longest skydive

Kittinger himself lost consciousness during the fall, and was saved by his parachute, which opened at an altitude of five and a half kilometers. After landing, the captain fell into the caring hands of doctors, who quickly put him on his feet.

Greatest skate jump ever

A year later, Danny Way decided to fix his name in people's memory by jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard. With his achievements, Way demonstrated to everyone his willpower and real courage.

The heaviest weight lifted in the exercise "bench press"

The record set by Ryan is absolute and no one has managed to beat it yet. Even if Kenelli did not manage to complete the exercise cleanly - he could not straighten his arms to the end, but anyway, the judges decided to count the result. It is impossible not to pay tribute to the champion, because that barbell weighed 486 kilograms - almost half a ton.

Guinness book record for flip ups

Coach Sergey Rachinsky said that in 2008, on April 28, his ward set another record - he squatted with a hundred kilogram barbell 210 times.

record in drifting

In fact, he was not going to go for the record, but simply tested what the Mercedes C63 AMG could do. Kahlo managed to keep the car in a skid at a distance of 2308 meters, he would have gone further, and the car did not mind, but there was one problem - the tire failed. However, the record was set - the length of the longest drift is 2308 meters.

The kid who pushes up more than you

Ronak decided to try push-ups. Every day he did 10 push-ups. The child's body began to quickly get used to physical activity, and a week later the boy was already doing 50 push-ups a day. A little more time later, 100 push-ups became a regular warm-up for Ronaka. Today, in the Guinness Book of Records in the column “master of push-ups” there is the name of a small athlete - Ronak mastered the “height” of 1482 push-ups, and it took about 40 minutes.

The boy was born in 2005. At 2.5 years old, Ronak Atul Vitha set a life goal - to become the strongest child on Earth. In achieving his goal, the boy is helped by his loving family and his personal trainer named Satyajit Chaurasya, who comes to the child 3 times a week for training.

First triple backflip

145 water skiers enter the Guinness Book of Records

All that is fine, but the fact is that they were all attached to the same boat, can you imagine this sight? It happened on the west coast of Tasmania, in Strahan in the Bay of Maquira.

The most dangerous sport

The next most dangerous sport is Heli-skiing - non-traditional skiing. Then we have cave diving, diving, rodeo, rock climbing, hockey, football, surfing, rafting. Like this!

The richest athlete in history

This man was Gaius Appulei Diocles, who lived in ancient Rome in the second century AD. Guy was engaged in a sport popular in those days - chariot riding. According to modest calculations, during his sports career Gaius Appulei Diocles earned about 15 billion dollars in terms of modern currency!

The hardest wrestler

The famous athlete was born in 1964. Today, Emanuel Jabrauch is a member of the board of the Foundation dedicated to the development of children's sumo. The champion is trying in every possible way to support young novice sumo wrestlers.

Tennis court - skyscraper

There is such a height that it takes your breath away, even when looking through the photos, because 300 meters is almost a 100-story building. Naturally, every tennis fan would like to play on such a court at least once.

Record-breaking electric car

This figure is a speed record in the category up to 500 kilograms. What can be said about the electric car itself? There are two most important nuances of the car's device: the carbon fiber body and lithium phosphate batteries.

Interesting sports facts about different sports:

Sport may not be as significant and effective in human life and activities as science, technology, education, business and politics, but it certainly plays its own role in society, not only in our time, but since Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Along with music, the film industry, and television, sports entertain or, on rare occasions, even represent national pride for fans around the world. In recent years, a huge number of polls have been conducted and many rankings of the best athletes in the world of all time have been compiled, but most of them focus only on the most famous and popular sports. Polls were also conducted, the purpose of which was to identify the best athletes in a particular country. Thus, many great athletes from different parts of the world were left without attention. In our list, we will try to talk about the twenty-five greatest male athletes in history in their sport.

25. Bill Shoemaker, horse racing

Despite his small frame and weight, which did not exceed 45 kilograms during the peak of his career, those who shook hands with the legendary Bill Shoemaker could attest that this little man had one of the most powerful handshakes you can imagine. These small but strong hands were the secret behind a brilliant career of over forty years. During his career, Shoemaker won eleven Thoroughbred Triple Crown races, 1,009 betting races, and won ten national cash titles. He earned over $125 million, of which about $10 million went into his pocket. He won the Kentucky Derby four times and won the Belmont Stakes five times, and his record for most wins (8,833 wins) stood for many years until another immortal of the sports world, Laffit Pincay Jr. Jr) couldn't finally beat him in 1999.

24. John Brzenk, armwrestling


The legendary American arm wrestler from Illinois is undoubtedly one of the longest title holders in the history of any sport, having gone undefeated for an incredible twenty-three years. In 1983, he won his first world title when he was only eighteen years old, and he remains to this day the youngest world champion in the history of the sport. Guinness World Records named him "The Greatest Armwrestler of All Time". He also made a cameo appearance in the film With All My Strength, starring Sylvester Stallone. This movie is still the most popular movie of all time related to this sport. He is believed to have won over 250 titles and won numerous tournaments during his incredible career.

23. Kelly Slater, surfing


Kelly Slater is the greatest and most famous surfer in the history of surfing. The American surfing superstar has won the ASP World Tour Championship a record eleven times and also holds the record for being the youngest athlete ever to win a world title (at age twenty). He is also the oldest athlete ever to hold the title. He won his last victory in 2011 at the age of thirty-nine. His net worth is estimated at approximately $20 million, making him the richest surfer of all time.

22. Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk), skateboarding


The Birdman, as his fans know him, is a professional skateboarder and the sport's first true superstar. Tony Hawk created several new moves on a skateboard during his career and was the person who first pulled off the epic "900" stunt, which is considered one of the hardest aerial spins done on a skateboarding ramp because the skateboarder has to complete 2 ½ rotations ( 900 degrees) without falling. In addition, Hawke became the highest-paid athlete in all kinds of extreme sports, and earned millions from what were named after him video games, shoes and skateboards. Tony has also won nine gold medals at the World Extreme Games (X Games) and the Olympics of Extreme Sports (Olympics of Extreme Sports). In 2014, Fox Weekly named Hawke one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.

21. Ole Einar Bjørndalen, biathlon


Ole is the equivalent of Michael Phelps, but for the Winter Olympics. The Norwegian professional biathlete and icesports superstar is the most decorated Olympian in Winter Olympic history with a whopping thirteen medals from five different Olympic Games. He started his medal collection at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. With the two gold medals he recently won at the Sochi 2014 Olympics, he now has eight gold medals in his career. His collection also includes four silver medals and one bronze. Add thirty-nine (nineteen of them gold) World Championship medals to the equation and you can see why he's on our list.

20. Yiannis Kouros, Ultramarathon Run


Janis Kouros is the definition of an athlete that makes you really think about the true possibilities and limits of the human body and soul. He races against nature, time, distance and, as he said, when his body can no longer carry him, he does it with his mind. However, he remains almost unknown outside of running circuits, despite holding the most world records of any athlete in any sport, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. He set all these records during his career. He is also the man who has run more miles than anyone else in the history of mankind. Kouros has set over 150 world records while competing in races such as the Athens to Sparta marathon, Sydney to Melbourne, 1000 mile races and six day events. He has also won over seventy ultramarathon titles in an incredible career spanning over thirty years.

19. Nikolai Andrianov, gymnastics


Nikolai Andrianov is undoubtedly the most successful gymnast who ever lived and perhaps the second most popular overall, just behind the great Nadia Comăneci. Since the 1980 Olympics, he has held the men's record for most Olympic medals in any sport. In total, he is the owner of fifteen medals (seven of them gold). It wasn't until nearly thirty years later that Michael Phelps broke his record at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He is currently the third athlete overall in terms of Olympic medals won after Phelps (who has twenty-two) and Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who won eighteen medals during her career.

18. Karch Kiraly, volleyball


Karch Kiraly is to volleyball what Babe Ruth is to baseball and Michael Jordan is to basketball - just the greatest athlete in the history of his sport. In 1999, the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the highest governing body of volleyball, named Kiraya the greatest volleyball player of the 20th century by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), and it is well deserved considering the many honors and titles he has won during his amazing career. He received two Olympic gold medals with Team USA in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, and a third gold medal while playing beach volleyball, this time in the 1996 Olympics. He received gold at the 1986 World Championships, as well as numerous titles from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, not counting his club titles and personal achievements in both regular and beach volleyball. All of this has given Kiraya a mythical status in volleyball circles.

17. Sergei Bubka, athletics


Al Oerter in the discus throw, Carl Lewis in the long jump, Viktor Saneev in the triple jump and Jan Železný in the javelin throw had more Olympic triumphs than the Ukrainian legendary jumper with the pole, which won only once, at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul (Seoul). However, his impact on the sport has lasted much longer than the glory of any other track and field athlete in history. Between 1983 and 1997, he won a record six consecutive World Championships in Athletics (World Championships), which were held by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). He also received four more gold medals at the World Indoor Championships. During his illustrious career, Bubka set seventeen world records in athletics and eighteen world records in indoor athletics. In all, he set thirty-five records, the most records set by a single athlete in the history of athletics. Bubka was also the first pole vaulter to enter the Elite 18 club to jump 6 meters and the first pole vaulter to break 6.10 meters.

16. Eddy Merckx, cycling


"Handsome" Eddy Merckx is widely considered to be the greatest professional cyclist in the history of the sport, and this opinion is absolutely justified. At 185 centimeters tall and weighing 74 kilograms, Merckx was unusually tall, athletic and muscular for the sport, especially for his time, and was one of the most influential pioneers of cycling who helped modernize it during the sixties and seventies. He won the World Championship three times, the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia five times each, the Vuelta a España once, and also broke several world records before his retirement. from sports in the late seventies.The French magazine Vélo described Merckx as "the most outstanding cyclist who ever rode a bicycle", while the American magazine VeloNews called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all time and peoples.

15. Jim Brown (Jim Brown), American football


Just like in most other team sports, there is always a fierce debate about who is the greatest player in the history of the NFL and opinions vary greatly. Some will say it's Jerry Rice, others will argue that it's Joe Montana and, more recently, Peyton Manning, who has gained fan following by breaking several records, including the record for most National Football League honors in NFL history. However, most players and pundits will tell you that Jim Brown is the greatest in history, and for good reason. In 118 career games, Brown averaged 104.3 yards per game and 5.2 yards per pass. None of the NHL players in a hurry to earn their own glory, and did not come close to these staggering numbers. When Brown retired from the sport, he was the highest paid and most honored NFL player of his time and one of the sport's first superstars. In 2002, sports news named him the greatest professional football player of all time.

14 Gareth Edwards Rugby


A Welsh legend named Gareth Edwards is the rugby world's equivalent of Jim Brown as he was the first rugby player to refine the style of the sport and lay the groundwork for a modernized version of it. Even though he played back in the seventies, thanks to his incredible athleticism and rare excellent playing skills, there is no doubt that he would still be at the top even if he were playing today. He was the definition of the term "perfect player" and could do absolutely anything. He was extremely fast, had incredible passing skills, his shots were top notch and most importantly, he had a very high IQ on the pitch and could read the game better than anyone else. In a 2003 poll of the best international rugby player by Rugby World magazine, Edwards was voted the greatest player of all time. After that, in the list of "50 Greatest Rugby Players" compiled by The Telegraph in 2007, Edwards was also named the greatest player in history.

13. Fedor Emelianenko, mixed martial arts


Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko is probably the most beloved Russian athlete in American sports history. Never before have so many American fans cheered for a Russian athlete and in most cases against their American athletes. Fedor was probably the first global superstar in a relatively new sport, and his fame spread from Russia to Japan and from the US to Brazil.

He was RINGS Freeweight Champion from 2001 to 2003, PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from 2003 to 2007, and WAMMA Heavyweight Champion from 2008 to 2010, going undefeated for over 10 years for over 10 years. incredible career during which he defeated many champions and famous fighters. Emelianenko is also the longest-serving top ranked fighter, recognized as the best regardless of weight class in MMA history and was recently voted the greatest MMA fighter of all time. He received a whopping 73 percent of the vote in the largest online mixed martial arts poll ever held in Brazil, the country of runner-up Anderson Silva. This fact perfectly shows the world recognition and respect of fans, which Fedor enjoys.

12. Jack Nicklaus, golf


In individual sports such as golf, things are less complicated, because in such sports there are no different weight classes like in boxing or wrestling, different disciplines like in athletics or swimming, and the competition that the champion has to face is not affected. on the course of the game, as, for example, in tennis. In golf, you are essentially competing against yourself. While the modern media may tell you about Tiger Woods or even more recently Rory McIlroy, the bottom line is that to be the best at golf you have to break a record, and in this case the record belongs to Jack Nicklaus, who has eighteen major championship victories to his credit. So even if fans' opinions change like any other sport, and despite the fact that the names of Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan (Ben Hogan) and Gary Player (Gary Player) are often heard in conversations about the greatest golfer, numbers never lie. And until someone wins nineteen major championships, the Golden Bear will hold the record and the title of the greatest in history.

11. Michael Phelps, swimming


Michael Phelps is without a doubt the most decorated and most successful Olympian in the history of the modern Games. And how could he not be, given the incredible twenty-two medals he won by the age of twenty-seven and in just three different Olympic Games, eighteen of them gold. In the meantime, he won twenty-seven more gold medals at the world championships and broke thirty-nine world records, more than any other swimmer in the history of the sport. In total, he has seventy-seven medals received in major international competitions, sixty-one of them gold. Michael Phelps is arguably the most successful individual athlete of the last fifty years.

10 Michael Schumacher, Motorsport


With all due respect to the great NASCAR, WRC and Moto GP champions of the past decades, Formula 1 is one of the three most popular and highest paid individual sports in the world, along with tennis and golf. For this reason, the king of Formula 1, Michael Schumacher, receives a nod as the greatest driver of all time. During his distinguished career, he broke many records in the world's most popular motor racing. He holds records for winning the most world championships with seven victories, the most racing victories with ninety-one victories. He also broke the record for fastest seventy-seven laps. He also holds the record for taking the most pole positions with sixty-eight pole positions. He was twice named Laureus World Athlete of the Year and is the second richest athlete of all time, behind only Michael Jordan. His alleged estate is valued at $850 million.

9 Wayne Gretzky Ice Hockey


Wayne Gretzky is not only the greatest hockey player of all time, but also the face of one of the four biggest sports in the United States. Over the course of three decades, he played twenty seasons in the National Hockey League, won four Stanley Cups, and set an astounding number of different NHL records (61 total), more than any other athlete on any team. sport in history. He has been named the greatest hockey player in history in every poll and official ranking there has ever been. He is also the North American athlete with the most Most Valuable Player awards, having won a total of nine Hart Memorial Trophies (the NHL's regular season award).

8. Usain Bolt, track and field (sprint)


With all due respect to mythical running legends like Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Emil Zatopek among others, Usain Bolt is the absolute "God of Running" and the fastest man in human history. The running phenomenon is the first and current holder of two world records for 100 and 200 meters. He became the first person to achieve a "twice double victory" by winning the 100m and 200m events at two consecutive Olympic Games. In addition, he recently became the first person to break the ten-second barrier in an indoor 100m. He won his last victory, setting a new world record, covering the distance in just 9.98 seconds.

7 Donald Bradman, cricket


It doesn't take long for you to realize what kind of "Sports God" Sir Donald Bradman really was when you look at his literally incredible career and achievement statistics. On average, 99.94 percent success in any career area is considered mythical, not to say divine. A cardiac surgeon, for example, with such a percentage of success will be able to save, in fact, every patient who gets to him on the operating table.

Also arguably the greatest cricketer of all time, Sir Don Bradman has played in 52 matches and bowled an incredible 80 innings, while a simple look at the list of cricketers with the best average in history shows that the second most successful cricketer has a 65.55 percent success rate with just 22 innings. Bradman's career rate of 99.94 percent is often considered the greatest achievement of any athlete in any major sport and is considered truly unattainable.

6. Roger Federer, tennis


Just like in golf, in a sport like tennis, to be the best you have to break the best record. While Federer played and won most of his titles during a relatively weak era in tennis, before the rise of legends like Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic; and despite the existence of such names as Pete Sampras, Björn Borg and Rod Laver, when it comes to the greatest tennis player in history, the bottom line is that Roger Federer holds the record for the most overall weeks in first position (302 weeks) and the most Grand Slam singles wins in history with seventeen wins. So until someone breaks his records, he will be considered the greatest player in the world's most popular individual sport.

5. Muhammad Ali, boxing


Some will tell you that Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest boxer of any weight class that ever lived. And even Mohammed Ali himself would agree with such a statement, since he was a big fan of Sugar. Muhammad Ali doesn't have more defense titles than Joe Louis, he didn't retire undefeated like Rocky Marciano didn't hold a title as long as reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko, and he certainly didn't earn as much. as much money as Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather have made in the modern age of sports, but when it comes to legacy no one can ever touch Muhammad Ali.

Ali is the most famous boxer of all time and one of the most famous athletes who ever lived, regardless of the sport. His colorful personality and fight against racism and injustice have given him hero status and inspired many of his fellow African Americans to rise up and fight for their rights in an era of change. There is no doubt that there have been many great boxers in history, from ancient times to today, and because of the many weight classes it is really difficult to compare their skills and career peaks. However, there is only one boxer who has managed to become more than a sport in itself, and we all agree that that person is Muhammad Ali.

4. Alexander Karelin, wrestling


Alexander "Experiment" Karelin was without a doubt the most intimidating and dominant champion of all martial arts throughout the twentieth century. Karelin's life story looks like a Greek myth. He was born on the frozen wasteland of Siberia in 1967 and until the age of thirteen, when he started wrestling, he hunted foxes and sables in the snowy forests of Siberia. His enormous size and brute strength, as well as his unusual, evolutionary method, have made him the most dominant fighter the world has ever seen.

During his career, he won three Olympic gold medals, won nine world championships out of nine participations and became the owner of twelve European titles in twelve participations. He remained undefeated for over thirteen years, a mythical achievement, and for six years he did not lose a single point, an even more mythical feat given the nature of the sport. The record in Experiment's wrestling is 887 wins and only two losses, for which he avenged. Shortly after his retirement in 2000, the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles named him the greatest wrestler of all time.

3. Babe Ruth, baseball


Baseball and American football are two traditional American sports, and in most cases the popularity of the greatest athletes in these two sports is limited to the United States. However, there are a few exceptions and Babe Ruth is the most famous of them. Despite all the records he's broken and the titles he's won as a baseball player, the Bambino's legacy and glory transcends the sport itself. Babe Ruth was arguably the first true legend and superstar in the history of any sport, and his name became popularized through movies, candy bars, stamps and, of course, baseball-related memorabilia.

Ruth has been named the greatest baseball player in history in the vast majority of studies and polls, the most significant of which was conducted by The Sporting News in 1998, as a result of which he was ranked first in the list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. The following year, he was included in the Associated Press' "100 Greatest Athletes of the Century" list and named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century.

2. Michael Jordan, basketball


Michael "Air" Jordan is arguably the most famous athlete of the last twenty years and one of the most famous pop icons of the nineties. During his amazing career, he won six National Basketball Association (NBA) titles with the Chicago Bulls, six NBA Player of the Year awards in every Finals. He was selected to play in the NBA regular season five times, he also played fourteen times in the All-Star Games of the National Basketball Association (NBA AllStar Games). Jordan won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA, but most importantly, he is the man who popularized the NBA around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s. Jordan became the first basketball player to surpass the players of his era in global popularity and fame, something that no one before him had ever been able to achieve.

Although it sounds like an exaggeration, Michael Jordan is the only basketball player in history who has come to mean more than the sport itself, and this fact can be confirmed by any basketball fan. In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. His name has been placed at the head of other sports titans such as Muhammad Ali, Jim Thorpe and Babe Ruth.

1. Diego Maradona, football


It may seem surprising to many American sports fans, but there is no doubt that football is the most popular sport in the world. And the clearest proof of this is the fact that the recent World Cup final between Germany and Argentina was watched by more than a billion people, which is twice the number of fans who watched the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the World Series Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Stanley Cup Finals combined!

Diego Armando Maradona gets number one on our list as the world's greatest athlete simply because he is the king of the world's most popular sport. He is the only person in the history of any team sport to win the World Cup almost on his own in 1986. He joined Italy's minor league under the name Napoli and a few years later led them to the Italian Championship and the UEFA European Cup twice, the only major titles in the club's history. He scored the "goal of the century" and the most controversial goal ("Hand of God"), both in the same game against England. He was ultimately named Footballer of the Century, beating out legends like Pele, Zidane, Di Stefano, Cruyff and Beckenbauer in the largest internet poll in history. held for any sport. He garnered an astounding 55.60 percent of the people's votes, ahead of Pelé who received only 18.53 percent.

Even those who are not fond of sports know the names of the great athletes of the world. With the technological process, it has become much easier. Every day there are more and more new records, victories and achievements in the world of sports. Interesting facts about athletes can tell a lot of new things, because these personalities are given not only to training, but they also have a personal life. There are even interesting facts about athletes for children. This is due to the fact that from childhood, many begin to get involved in football or volleyball, swimming or wrestling.

1. Such ancient thinkers as Aristotle, Socrates, Demosthenes and Hippocrates also participated in the Olympic Games.

2.Polish athlete Stanislava Valasevich set a record in 1932 by conquering the hundred-meter race.

3.Herman Mayer, who is the owner of the World Cup in alpine skiing, has an old nickname "Herminator".

4. The highest basketball player is the representative of China Sun Mingming.

5. During a football match in the Congo in 1998, lightning struck, killing 11 players.

6. The fastest athlete is Usain Bolt from Jamaica.

7. In ancient times, at competitions in Greece, all athletes were naked.

8. Many athletes pat themselves on the shoulders before swimming, this is considered their ritual, which reduces nervous tension.

9. Interesting facts about Russian athletes confirm the fact that Nikolai Adrianov is the most successful gymnast.

10. Sisters Williams tennis players are convinced Jehovah's Witnesses.

11. Rafael Nadal, who is a tennis player, combines tennis and poker.

12. Formula 1 racer Fernando Alonso sat down at the kart at the age of 3.

13. In the Danish national team in ancient times, the goalkeeper was the physicist Niels Bohr.

14. Metalist is the oldest football club in the highest league of the championship of Ukraine.

15. Brazilian football coach Luis Felipe Scolari is considered the highest paid coach.

16. Goalkeeper Joe Hart is considered the fastest goalkeeper.

17. Vasily Virastyuk from Ukraine is considered the most powerful man in the world. It is able to move 7 cars at the same time.

18. Approximately 68% of hockey players have lost at least one tooth on the ice.

19. Oscar Swann, who finished 2nd in the shooting competition, is the oldest man to win an Olympic medal.

20. The average age of athletes who take part in the Olympic Games is 20 years.

21. In 1994, there was a strange football match between Barbados and Grenada. The Barbadians at the end of the match scored an own goal, receiving 30 minutes of extra time, and eventually won.

22. Diego Maradona from Argentina is the best striker in the history of world football.

23. Pouring champagne at the awards ceremony for racing athletes began in 1967.

24. Boxer Michael Tyson is the youngest world heavyweight champion.

25. Lukas Podolski, a footballer from Poland, has the strongest shot.

26. Boxer Mike Tyson has 7 children from different women.

27. Olympic champion Stanislava Valaskevich was both a woman and a man at the same time.

28. In the southwestern part of France, a pensioner, whose age is 70 years old, landed after a parachute jump. And he only had one leg.

29. In 1988, after the jump, athlete Julissa Gomez "ceased to exist."

30. There can be no more than 13 athletes in a water polo team.

31. Tennis player Rafael Nadal plays with his left hand, although he is not left-handed.

32. Only 5 female pilots have advocated for the entire existence of the Formula 1 World Championship.

33. Bethany Hamilton, who is a surfer from America, lost her arm as a teenager, but she did not give up the sport.

34. Boxer Lennox Lewis became the champion at the Olympic Games in Seoul.

35. The father of Novak Djokovic, a famous tennis player, played football.

36. The first coach of Maria Sharapova was Yuri Yudkin. At the beginning of 2004, she was already among the top 20 tennis players in the world.

37. From the age of 8, Roger Federer took up a racket and eventually became the best tennis player in the world.

38. Michael Jordan, who used to be a good basketball player, has now become a successful businessman.

39. Serena Williams is considered the richest tennis player.

40. Andy Murray has been playing tennis since the age of 3.

Her record for the most Olympic medals won by one person stood for 48 years. Only this year, a swimming machine named "Michael Phelps" was able to score more Olympic awards than our gymnast (he has 24 of them, Latynina has 18). However, the achievement of Phelps cannot change one title of Larisa Semyonovna: she is the strongest Olympian of the 20th century, he is the 21st. Gymnasts and swimmers are happy people, because their sports allow you to bring a dozen medals from one championship or the Olympics, which a wrestler or boxer cannot even dream of. Therefore, in order to give other athletes a place in our symbolic Hall of Fame, we have placed only one representative of gymnastics here. Although, of course, we remember Nikolai Andrianov, and Boris Shakhlin, and Alexei Nemov, and many others.

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One of the two greatest swimmers of our country - Alexander Popov and Vladimir Salnikov each have 4 Olympic medals.

But Popov takes other titles: he is a 6-time world champion and a 21-time (!) European champion.

Even Phelps, with all his greatness, announced his retirement at 27, while Alexander won his last gold at 33.

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According to Isinbayeva, today her main dream is family and children.

But, perhaps, the records set by Elena will last until the time when her own children will play weddings themselves.

Lena's 27th world record - 5.06 m - is about 25-30 cm higher than the best performance of her competitors.

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Foreign experts compiling lists of the most famous athletes of all time are reluctant to include ours there, but there are names that simply cannot be ignored. Karelin is just such a case. For 13 years, Alexander the Great remained undefeated in Greco-Roman wrestling, and for 6 years in a row he did not lose a single point to his rivals.

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It has been 15 years since Bubka stopped performing, but his records (6.14m outdoors and 6.15m indoors) are still unbeaten. Moreover, when the Japanese calculated on a computer at what height Sergey flew above the bar at the championship in Tokyo, it turned out that that jump was enough to overcome 6.37 m - no matter how sports medicine and technology develop, in the near future this milestone will not not a single person on Earth can overcome.

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For five years of absolute dominance in the bar, this heavyweight with his own hands lifted the world record in triathlon by 70 kg. Vlasov finished his first Olympics with four records and walked across Rome from the stadium to the Olympic village on foot, followed by a crowd chanting the name of the champion. In total, Vlasov set 31 records.

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The first half of the 60s in speed skating passed under the sign of Skoblikova, she climbed to the highest step of the Olympic podium 6 times. In 1964, she won all 4 distances of the Games. Plus, Lidia Pavlovna is a 2-time absolute world champion in the classic all-around and a multiple world champion in individual distances.

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Shares with Skoblikova the world record for the number of gold medals at the Winter Games. In addition to the 6 highest in Egorova's track record, there are also 3 silver Olympic awards. However, it is difficult to choose the greatest skier of the USSR / Russia, since both Larisa Lazutina (11-time world champion, 5 Olympic medals of the highest dignity) and Raisa Smetanina, who won 10 medals at 5 Olympics (she made her debut at the Games- 1976, last time climbed the podium in Albertville-1992).

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If one can argue about who was the best field hockey player of all times and peoples, then there is no doubt about who the best goalkeeper is. Three-time Olympic champion, ten-time world champion, the best goalkeeper of the world championships in 1974, 1979, 1981, 1983. In 1990, 6 years after the end of his career, he is called to the NHL, offering any money, but he refuses - he does not want to be weaker than his former self: “I have earned my name all my life.” In 2000, the International Ice Hockey Federation and the Russian Ice Hockey Federation proclaimed Tretiak the best player of the 20th century, and this despite the fact that Vyacheslav Fetisov has more titles (except for Soviet and international awards in the collection of the famous defender - 2 won Stanley Cups).

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This fragile girl is the embodiment of the absolute superiority of Russia in synchronized swimming: 5-time Olympic champion, 13-time world champion, 7-time European champion. After the Games in London, Davydova ended a career that lasted 12 years. She is the best synchronized swimmer of the decade 2000-2009.

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Date of birth: October 11, 1951 Place of birth: Czechoslovakia Date of death: June 12, 2008 Place of death: Czech Republic Miroslav Dvořák is a Czechoslovak ice hockey player. Miroslav Dvorak was born in October 1951 in Czechoslovakia. At the age of 19, he began to play for the Motor hockey team as a defender. There he played until 1972, then returned in 1974 and lasted until 1982. This team was founded back in 1928 and was considered the leader of the country. In the year Dvorak was born, she became the champion of Czechoslovakia. Miroslav has shown that he plays strongly, quickly, dexterously and intellectually. He was a versatile player - he combined the positions of a defender and a goalkeeper, fought with opponents and scored goals to the maximum. In a fairly short time, he began to master all the techniques of hockey and became a hockey star. In 1972 he moved to the Dukla team,

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Date of birth: March 23, 1931 Place of birth: Tula, USSR Date of death: July 10, 2005 Place of death: Dedovsk, Russia Grishin Evgeny Romanovich is a Soviet athlete. Evgeny Grishin was born in March 1931 in Tula. In 1942, during the shelling by the Germans, fragments of a bomb in the amount of 12 pieces hit his leg. the surgeon cut them out, saved the leg from amputation, and the athlete from death. To restore his health, Eugene decided to go in for speed skating. His first coach in 1946 was Yakov Yakovlev. The athlete turned out to be talented - already at the first national championship, the young man set a new USSR record - 47.6 s. The following year, injuries prevented him, and at the end of 1948, luck finally overtook him - Grishin became the champion of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions. In 1949 he became involved in athletics. Vasily noticed him on the cycle track

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Date of birth: May 3, 1941 Place of birth: Zugdidi, Georgia Gaprindashvili Nona Terentievna is a Soviet and Georgian chess player. Gaprindashvili Nona was born in May 1941 in Georgia. At the age of five, she learned to play chess, began to get used to victories. In addition to chess, she was fond of football and table tennis. At the age of 12, she began to train at the Tbilisi Palace of Pioneers, her coach was Vakhtang Karseladze, the founder of the Georgian women's chess school. At the age of 15, Nona became the champion of Tbilisi and Georgia, and in 1961 she received the right to participate in the Candidates Tournament in Yugoslavia. Of course, she won with 13 out of 16 points, two points ahead of second place. In 1962, she became the leader in the world championship match, beating Bykova with a score of 9: 2. So she became the fifth world champion in the history of chess. Then she

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Date of birth: December 5, 1935 Place of birth: Makeevka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian SSR Vlasov Yury Petrovich - Soviet athlete, was engaged in weightlifting. Yuri Vlasov was born in December 1935 in the Donetsk region. His father Pyotr Parfenovich in 1938 began to work as a Comintern liaison in China, and as ambassador to Burma after the Second World War. The mother was a librarian, instilled in her two sons a love of reading. In 1953, Yuri graduated from the Suvorov Military School, and in 1959 he graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy with the rank of lieutenant. In February 1957 he became a master of sports and set the first record, becoming the best weightlifter in the country. He was coached by Bogdasarov. From 1959 to 1963, Yuri was the best not only in the country and Europe, but also in the world. In 1960, at the Olympics in Rome, he set 4 records, was recognized as the best

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Date of birth: December 1, 1922 Place of birth: Morshansk, Tambov province, USSR Date of death: July 1, 1979 Place of death: Moscow, USSR Vsevolod Mikhailovich Bobrov - Soviet sportsman, hockey player. Vsevolod Bobrov was born in the Tambov province in December 1922. In 1925 the family began to live in Sestroretsk, a suburb of Leningrad. Together with his brother, they played hockey in the winter and football in the summer. In 1938, both were invited to play for the Leningrad Dynamo. After graduating from school, Vsevolod began working as a toolmaker at the Progress plant, which was evacuated to Omsk with the start of the Second World War. In 1942, Bobrov began to play football for the city team, then he became a cadet at a military school. In 1944 he was included in the CDKA hockey team. He was noticed by coach Arkadiev, noted talent, confidence and

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Date of birth: January 1, 1931 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Date of death: September 30, 2001 Place of death: Moscow, Russia Bogdanov Anatoly Ivanovich - Soviet sportsman, was engaged in shooting. Anatoly Bogdanov was born in Leningrad in January 1931 in an orphanage, where he grew up. During the Second World War, due to his perseverance, he became a cabin boy, worked on a boat, and by the end of the war he began to learn to play the trombone in a military band. There he became a soloist, but due to a serious illness, he left the composition and was demobilized. After he studied at a vocational school, where he met the coach of the Labor Reserves team Jochelson. He became Anatoly's first mentor. He and the head coach of the Rifles Armed Forces helped the young athlete set the first record in shooting from a small-caliber rifle. It was

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Date of birth: December 3, 1963 Place of birth: West Berlin, East Germany Katharina Witt is a German figure skater. Katharina Witt was born in December 1963 in the GDR. Already at the age of five, she became interested in figure skating, after kindergarten she went to the rink and begged her parents to enroll her in the figure skating section. The girl trained long and hard, decided to achieve the highest award in single skating, like Sonya Haney. For the first time she competed in 16 Olympic Games in Sarajevo and became a champion. Prior to that, she became the world champion 4 times. In February 1988, she again became the Olympic champion in Calgary. After that, his professional career ended. She went to work in television and starred in the movie Red Carmen. Until now, she works as a commentator on speeches. Yes, she led

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Date of birth: January 18, 1950 Place of birth: Quebec, Canada Date of death: May 8, 1982 Place of death: Belgium Gilles Villeneuve is a Canadian racing driver. Gilles Villeneuve was born in January 1950 in Quebec, Canada. Already at the age of 8, he decided to become a racer, learned to fly a snowmobile, and developed the qualities of a leader. In 1976, he gained worldwide fame after winning the Formula Atlantic race, which took place in Canada on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Gilles managed to overtake the contender for victory - the Englishman Hunt, who came only third. Upon his return to England, he recommended Gilles to the McLaren team and introduced him as a promising driver who could win in Formula 1. In 1977 he was invited to participate in the British Grand Prix. Even though the car

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Date of birth: February 1, 1969 Place of birth: Reconquiste, Argentina Batistuta Gabriel Omar is an Argentine football player. Gabriel Batistuta was born in February 1969 in the Argentine town of Reconquista. As a child, he began to play volleyball and basketball, but in 1978 he was imbued with football - when the Argentine national team became the leader in the World Cup at a home match. The first team to hone Gabriel's football skills was Platense. He was noticed and invited to the football club of the major league championship of Argentina, Newell's Old Voyz. In the 1988-1989 season, Batistuta took part in 16 matches and scored only 4 goals. In February 1989, he took part in the prestigious international youth tournament in the Italian city of Viareggio, which later became his favorite vacation spot. In the championship Gabriel

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Date of birth: April 18, 1937 Place of birth: Moscow, USSR Date of death: November 6, 1991 Place of death: Moscow, USSR Aleksandrov Veniamin Veniaminovich - Soviet hockey player, master of sports. Veniamin Aleksandrov was born in April 1937 in Moscow. Since childhood, he played in the yard, was fond of football and hockey. At the age of 18, he became a player in the main team of CSKA. He was a young striker who was put in the place of Bobrov, who was just temporarily out of the team due to an injury. Immediately, Veniamin showed his best side - the game was easy, beautiful, highly technical, despite his young age. Together with Alexandrov, newcomers Babich and Shuvalov came to the team. Bobrov returned to the team, but Aleksandrov retained his place, and after changing several players, he became the center forward in the team with

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Date of birth: October 31, 1892 Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire Date of death: March 24, 1946 Place of death: Estoril, Portugal Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhin is a Russian and Soviet chess player, theorist, writer. Alexander Alekhin was born in October 1892 in Moscow. His father Alexander Ivanovich was a leader of the nobility in the Voronezh province. Mother Anisiya Ivanovna was the daughter of a textile manufacturer. From 1901 to 1910, little Sasha went to the Polivanov classical gymnasium, in 1911 he became a student at the St. Petersburg Imperial School of Law, and in 1914 he graduated from it, becoming a titular adviser. Even as a child, he became interested in chess and at the age of 7 he began to play by all the rules. He actively developed analytical thinking, and at the age of 16 he won the first victory in

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Date of birth: September 9, 1899 Place of birth: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire Date of death: October 17, 1986 Place of death: Moscow, USSR Arkadyev Boris Andreevich - Soviet athlete, football player, coach. Boris Arkadiev was born in St. Petersburg in September 1899. Already in childhood, he became interested in football and wanted to become a famous athlete. In 1915, he first entered the field as part of the Unitase team. The debut was successful, and already in 1923 the athlete began to live in Moscow and play for its clubs. At 24, he became known as a defender for the Sugar Club. Every day, Boris trained intensively to impress the fans with accurate passes and goals. From 1927 to 1936 he was a defender in the Metallurg football team (Moscow Astakhov Workers' Club), while playing for the Moscow national team and the All-Union

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Date of birth: August 29, 1936 Place of birth: Moscow, USSR Date of death: January 4, 1966 Place of death: Moscow, USSR Artamonova Inga Grigorievna - Soviet athlete, speed skater. Inga Artamonova was born in August 1936 in Moscow. In 1957 for the first time she received the title of champion of the USSR. Since then, her career has been only brilliant, she has broken all world records. In 1962, she took part in the USSR championship at the Medeo mountain point, adapted to anoxic conditions and showed excellent results - almost male. In 1962, she already became the absolute world champion - and this is the third time. For the first time, she showed the world her power in 1957 - in the Finnish Imatra. Despite her victories, Inga ignored exercises in the morning, could put on weight and not train for a long time. But they believed in her

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Date of birth: July 20, 1963 Place of birth: Korolev, Russia Alexander Vyacheslavovich Zhulin is a figure skater. Alexander Zhulin was born on July 20, 1963 in the Queen of the Moscow Region. At the age of 5, his grandmother brought him to the skating rink - to practice figure skating, and when he began to show success, she sent him to the section. Twice a day, Zhulin went to training in his hometown at the Young Pioneers Stadium, and when he was 9 years old, he began to travel to Moscow to study. For several years, Alexander studied at a boarding school in a sports school. From the fourth grade, he began to take part in various competitions. Initially, he performed alone, and at the age of 17 he was paired. In 1980, Maya Usova became his partner, who after 6 years also became his wife. In 1985, the couple for the first time

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Date of birth: May 2, 1975 Place of birth: London, UK David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English footballer. David Beckham was born on May 2, 1975 in London in the family of a fitter and parkmacher. Both parents were zealous football fans, in particular the Manchester United club, and instilled this love in David. At school, David played football for Leyton Orient and went to school with the Tottenham Hotspur team. As a junior, he played for the Ridgeway Rovers and won the Fifield Tournament. Until the age of 12 he played in Waltham Forest, and at the age of 11 he won the first competition. He was noticed and invited to Manchester to play for the club's youth league. In 1991 he signed a contract as a trainee, and in 1993 re-signed as a professional. Beckham played for Manchester United from 1993 to 2003. In September

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Date of birth: June 25, 1975 Place of birth: Tuapse, Russia Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess player. Vladimir Kramnik was born on June 25, 1975 in Tuapse. His father was an artist, but it was he who taught little Volodya to play chess; his first passion for chess took place at the age of 5, and at the age of 7 he already received his first category. At the age of 9, he received the title of champion of the USSR among juniors, and at the age of 10 he received the right to be called the absolute champion of the city of Tuapse. In 1987, the Kramnik family moved to Moscow, where Volodya entered the Botvinnik school with Garry Kasparov teaching. In the same year, Kramnik achieved a candidate master of sports, and after 2 years he became a master of sports. In 1991, he won the World Junior Championships. Received membership in 1992

Biography of Aaron Pearsall

Date of birth: July 23, 1983 Place of birth: Irvine, USA Aaron Wells Peirsol is an American swimmer. Aaron Peirsol was born July 23, 1983 in California. As a student, he was fond of swimming, which he began to practice while studying at the University of Texas. He graduated from the College of California, and first began to swim with his sister in the NCMY team. Then he left this team and began to train in his hometown. At the age of 17, he took part in his first Olympic Games in 2000, where he received silver. In 2004, he again took part in the Olympics and won 2 gold medals for 100 and 200 meters backstroke. And in the men's relay, he also won gold at a distance of 4 by 100 meters, which also became a world record. There was also a scandal - when swimming for 200 meters, he was disqualified, in

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Date of birth: November 14, 1952 Place of birth: Vladimir, Russia Date of death: March 21, 2011 Place of death: Vladimir, Russia Nikolai Efimovich Andrianov is a Soviet athlete, gymnast. Nikolai Andrianov was born on November 14, 1952 in Vladimir. In 1964 he came to gymnastics, his first coach was Nikolai Tolkachev, he played for the Burevestnik club. Graduated from the Pedagogical Institute. In 1967, he was invited to the USSR national gymnastics team, and already in 1968 he won the first gold in the Olympic Hope sports festival, held in Romania. 3 years in a row since 1972 becomes the absolute champion of the USSR. For the period from 1971 to 1979, he repeatedly became the champion of the world, Europe, won medals and cups. 10 times became the champion of the country in different directions. 4 times

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Date of birth: January 19, 1979 Place of birth: Belgorod, Russia Svetlana Vasilievna Khorkina is a Russian gymnast. Svetlana Khorkina was born on January 19, 1979 in Belgorod. In 1983, she became interested in sports, and trained with Pilkin. In 1992, she was taken to the Russian national gymnastics team. In 1994, she first came to the World Championships, where she took 2 silver medals - for the vault and for the uneven bars. At the same time, at the European Championships, Khorkina took silver in the all-around and gold on the uneven bars. In 1995, at the European Cup, she took gold for the jump, bars and floor exercises. In the team competition, she became second at the 1996 European Championships and third in the vault. At the 1996 Olympics, her performance was not the most successful - she received gold only on the uneven bars. In 1997 she

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Date of birth: June 23, 1972 Place of birth: Marseille, France Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a French footballer. Zinedine Zidane was born on June 23, 1972 in Marseille in the family of a storekeeper and a housewife. His parents were Algerian emigrants, and Zinedine was the fifth and youngest child in the family. Zidane began to get involved in football in childhood, in addition to him, he was engaged in riding a skateboard, cycling and judo. At the age of 10, he began playing as part of the junior team of the local Marseille club. In 1987, he took part in the selection for the Cannes club, and the coach liked it so much that he played there for a whole year. In 1988, he played his first match in the top division of the French league. In February 1991, he scored the first goal of his career in the top division, but left the team in 1992 due to its loss. In 1992 he signed a contract with

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Date of birth: May 23, 1951 Place of birth: Zlatoust, Russia Anatoly Evgenyevich Karpov is a Russian chess player. Anatoly Karpov was born on May 23, 1951 in the Chelyabinsk region. His father and mother were workers. His father taught little Tolya to play chess, at the age of 6 he began to play them professionally, and already at 9 he received his first rank. In 1963, Anatoly became a candidate for master of sports in chess and won the Zlatoust championship among adults. In 1965, he and his family moved to Tula, where Karpov graduated from high school with a gold medal, entered the Mechanics and Mathematics at Moscow State University, but later transferred to Leningrad State University at the Faculty of Economics. In 1966 he was awarded the title of master of sports, after 3 years he was already the world champion among juniors, and a year later he was a grandmaster. In 1978 he graduated from Leningrad State University and

Biography of Sergei Bubka

Date of birth: December 4, 1963 Place of birth: Lugansk, Ukraine Sergey Nazarovich Bubka is a Soviet sportsman. Sergei Bubka was born on December 4, 1963 in Lugansk. Already in childhood, he began to play sports, and in 1974 he began to study at the Dynamo youth school. His friend brought Serezha to pole vault training, and he became interested in this sport, and coach Vitaly Petrov saw talent in Bubka. In 1978 he moved to Donetsk with a coach. In 1983, he won the first gold at the World Championships in Helsinki and became an honored master of sports. In 1984 he set his first world record - in Bratislava he jumped to a height of 585 cm. In July 1985 in Paris he conquered the line of 6 meters. In 1984-1994, he set 35 world records, of which 18 were set in indoor stadiums.

Biography of Dick Advocaat

Date of birth: September 27, 1947 Place of birth: The Hague, Holland Dick Nicholas Advocaat is a Dutch coach and football player. Dick Advocaat was born on September 27, 1947 in The Hague. He played for the Dutch club DenHaag from 1969-1973, then moved to Roda, where he lost from 1973 to 19976. Then there was the Venlo club (from 1976 to 1979), Sparta from 1980 to 1982, Berchem sport from 1982 to 1983, Utrecht from 1983 to 1984. He also played for the Chicago Sting club from 1979 to 1980. During the 1970-1971 season he won bronze at the Dutch Championship, played for Den Haag. Then he became a coach - the first job in this status was as an assistant to the coach of the national team of the country, then he became a coach in the team of Haarlem and SVV Dordrecht. In the latter case, he achieved the withdrawal of the team from the second division to the first. In 1991

Biography of Jose Capablanca

Date of birth: November 19, 1888 Place of birth: Havana, Cuba Date of death: March 8, 1942 Place of death: New York, USA José Raul Capablanca is a Cuban chess player. José Capablanca was born on November 19, 1888 in Havana. His father was fond of chess on a professional level, so young Jose learned to play chess at the age of 4, and at 13 he won the first match for the title of Cuban champion. In 1904, he left for New York, where he graduated from a private school and enrolled in engineering at Columbia University with a focus on chemistry. He did not finish the university, but in 1909 he began to travel around the USA and play chess. During the trips, he managed to play 602 games, of which he lost only 12, and drew 7 more. Then he defeated one of the strongest chess players

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Date of birth: November 5, 1952 Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukraine Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin is a football player. Oleg Blokhin was born on November 5, 1952 in Kyiv. His father was the vice-chairman of the sports society, and his mother was involved in athletics. In 1962 he came to the football school at the Dynamo club. Alexander Leonidov became his coach. He graduated from the Kyiv State Institute of Physical Education, and then Shevchenko University (Department of International Relations). From 1968 to 1987 he was a forward of Dynamo Kyiv, then he joined the USSR national team. For 18 seasons in his football career, he played 585 games and scored 268 goals. He was the champion of the USSR 8 times, received the USSR Cup 5 times. He was recognized as the best football player of the USSR three times in his career. Cup Winners' Cup won 2 times, won the European Super Cup in 1975 and became the best

Biography of Leonid Zhabotinsky

Date of birth: January 28, 1938 Place of birth: Uspenka village, Ukraine Date of death: January 14, 2016 Place of death: Zaporozhye, Ukraine Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky is a Soviet weightlifter. Leonid Zhabotinsky was born on January 28, 1938 in the Sumy region in Ukraine. In 1941, his family was forced to leave for Kharkov and survive the occupation by the Germans. Already in childhood, Leonid began to play sports - he was fond of boxing, wrestling and athletics. His father in every possible way instilled a love for sports in his son, since he himself was also a sports fan. After 7 classes of a comprehensive school, Leonid went to work at the Kharkov Tractor Plant and continued his weightlifting classes. In 1954 he received the title of master of sports in shot put and bronze at the championship of Ukraine, but love for weightlifting

Biography of Raymond Cope

Date of birth: October 13, 1931 Place of birth: Noe-les-Mines, France Raymond Kopa is a French football player. Raymond Kopa was born on October 13, 1931 in France. His father was a Polish miner who came to France in the 1920s for a better life. From a young age, he taught Raymond to work in the mine, at first entrusting the light work of a hauler. But there was an accident in the mine, and Raymond lost two phalanges on his finger - he had to end his work as a miner. Then he became interested in football, at the age of 11 he came to play in the children's team. And at the age of 17 he already played in the main team. The team was named after the city, and a year later Raymond began to play for the Angers club. There he played as a right winger. After 3 years, he began to play for the Reims club under the leadership of Albert Batte. Copa made his way from the lead

Biography of Andre Agassi

Date of birth: April 29, 1970 Place of birth: Las Vegas, USA Andre Agassi is an American tennis player. Andre Agassi was born on April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas. Agassi's father was Iranian with Armenian roots and was a boxer, which led him to participate in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. At the age of 5, Andre started playing tennis. At the age of 14, he entered the Nick Bolletier Academy, and at 16 he became a professional tennis player and played his first match. In 1987, Andre won the tennis tournament for the first time, and a year later he received 6 titles at once. In 1990, he starts playing at Roland Garosse, reaches its final and twice participates in the final of the US Open. In 1992, he won the Grand Slam for the first time and won the Wimbledon tournament. It is noteworthy that 3 years before the victory

Biography of Jacques Villeneuve

Date of birth: April 9, 1971 Place of birth: Saint-Jacques-sur-Richelieu (Canada) Jacques Villeneuve is a famous American racing driver, Villeneuve J. is a Formula 1 world champion. He was a participant in very large auto racing competitions from the Formula series. He is also a winner in some PPG Indycar races. Today, Jacques lives in Monte Carlo, although he himself comes from Canada. At the very young age of fifteen, he entered the Jim Russell School in Mont-Tremblant, specially educated for lovers of fast driving. His mother Joan and Uncle Jacques gave their consent and helped to make this serious step on the career path. The school was famous for famous alumni such as Gilles Villeneuve (Jacques' father) and Jacques Villeneuve (his uncle and teacher). Thanks to school, he realized that his career

Biography of Evgeny Kafelnikov

Date of birth: February 18, 1974 Place of birth: Sochi Kafelnikov Evgeny Alexandrovich - known as an outstanding Russian tennis player, Kafelnikov E.A. - master of Sport. At the Grand Slam championships that were taking place at that time, he was able to become the winner of a couple of these tournaments, this is the 1996 French Open and 1999 Australian Open. In 2000, he managed to become a gold contender for the Australian Open. In 1994 and 1995, participating in the group of the Russian national team, he reached the finalists of the Davis Cup (it was the world team championship). Also in doubles in 1996 and 1997 on the courts of Roland Garros, he broke out with a double voltmeter, he is also the leader of the US open superiority in doubles in 1997. Tennis

Biography of Vladimir Salnikov

Date of birth: May 21, 1960 Place of birth: Leningrad, USSR Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov - known as an outstanding swimmer of the Soviet era, Salnikov V.V. - Olympic champion, European champion. He is a multiple champion in the 400, 1500 m (1980) free style, in the 4 x 200 m relay; on the interval of 1500 m (1988), world records were at such distances as 400, 800, 1500 m, and so on 20 times. World leader, leader of Europe and the USSR. Captain-mentor on timber trucks, dear Valery Vladimirovich, father of the famous Vladimir. The Leningrad Union "Krasnaya Zarya" was honored to have such an employee as Valentina Mikhailovna Salnikova, who held the post of design engineer there, she is the mother of the world champion. At the age of seven, Vladik began visiting the SKA pool,

Biography of Mikhail Bortvinnik

Date of birth: August 17, 1911 Date of death: May 5, 1995 Place of birth: Kuokkala, Russian Empire Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik - known as a numerous winner of chess tournaments, Bortvinnik M.M. considered world champion in this sport from 1948-1963. At the age of 14, I received the starting category in chess, and this is literally two years after I got acquainted with this game. In Leningrad 1925, he won a victory over the world favorite H. R. Capablan-koy, it was a simultaneous game, such a beginning instilled self-esteem in Mikhail Botvinnik. Being seriously engaged in chess and simultaneously studying at a polytechnical institution (1928-1932), he successfully defended his dissertation and became a candidate of technical sciences. Repeatedly won the championships of both the USSR and

Biography of Viktor Krovopuskov

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Biography of Igor Netto

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Biography of Alexander Karelin

Date of birth: September 19, 1967 Place of birth: near Novosibirsk Karelin Alexander Aleksandrovich (1967) - the famous Russian wrestler (Greco-Roman), Karelin A.A. - Master of Sports, three-time Olympic champion (1988, 1992, 1996), nine-time world champion, twelve-time European champion and thirteen-time national champion. Alexander Karelin was born on September 19, 1967 weighing 5 kg near Novosibirsk in the family of a driver and an employee. From childhood, Alexander respected sports: he ran skiing, hunted, and swam skillfully. Only at the age of 13 he begins to engage in the Greco-Roman wrestling section, where Viktor Kuznetsov becomes his only coach. At the age of 15, Karelin broke his leg at youth competitions, but this was precisely the turning point in choosing this sport as the main one. In 1984

Biography of Anatoly Kapchinsky

Date of birth: July 6, 1912 Date of death: June 28, 1942 Place of birth: Saratov Kapchinsky Anatoly Konstantinovich (1912-1942) - the great skater of the USSR, Kapchinsky A.K. - twice champion of the USSR in 1935 and 1936. Anatoly Kapchinsky was born on July 6, 1912 in Saratov. Since childhood, Anatoly was fond of classical wrestling. Under the strict guidance of his father, he studied not only the techniques of combat, but also comprehended the science of sports respect, courage and determination. Later, Anatoly became interested in sailing, bringing this passion to perfection, Anatoly became one of the best sailing athletes in Saratov. At the same time, Kapchinsky studied at the Moscow Institute as a transport engineer. Despite the brilliant results in the field of sailing, Anatoly suddenly began to get involved

Biography of Vasily Alekseev

Date of birth: January 7, 1942 Date of death: November 25, 2011 Place of birth: Ryazan region, Russian Federation Alekseev Vasily Ivanovich famous weightlifter of the Soviet Union, Alekseev V.I. set 81 records in the USSR and 80 world records. Vasily Alekseev was born on January 7, 1942 in the family of a worker in the Miloslavsky district of the Ryazan region, the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino. In 1953, the whole family moved to the village of Rochegda, Arkhangelsk region. Helping his father in logging, Vasily got his first experience of lifting weights, but it happened that in a dispute he lost to a high school student, trying to lift the axle of the trolley. Vasily lost, while the opponent effortlessly lifted the axle 12 times. Alekseev's first coach was his

Biography of Jean Alesi

Date of birth: June 11, 1964 Place of birth: France Jean Alesi is an athlete, Jean Alesi is one of the most famous Formula 1 racing drivers from France. Jean Alesi was born in the family of a French woman and an immigrant from Sicily, Frank Alesi. Jean adopted a reverent feeling for cars from his father, who has always been a racing enthusiast, and even performed at amateur rallies. Seeing that Jean was interested in karting, his father sponsored his son to buy his first kart and gave his blessing for a professional career in this field. Jean trained in karting for 5 years and during this time has achieved amazing success. If in 1983 young Alesi, at the age of 19, only made his debut in the Renault Turbo championship, then two years later he was able to get 2nd place in the Renault Formula race. There is a lot of such career growth

Biography of James Lewis

Date of birth: November 11, 1983 Place of birth: United Kingdom James Lewis is one of the famous bodybuilders of our time. James was born in England in November 1983. Already in childhood, the makings of a future athlete were visible - the boy was distinguished by activity and a desire to play sports. As a teenager, he read a book about T. Platz and saw the body of an athlete in the photographs. The book was hidden by the boy's aunt to surprise him later. The athlete's inflated legs impressed the teenager so much that he decided to create the same ones for himself. The book was signed by Platz himself, which further motivated the teenager. Of course, A. Schwarzenegger and his acting work became another motivator. Rather, the body of the actor who embodied the mighty Conan the Barbarian. The boy didn't think

Biography of Red Grange

Date of birth: June 13, 1903 Date of death: January 28, 1991 Place of birth: Pennsylvania, USA Red Grange is one of the most famous American football players in the United States. Red was born in the USA, in Foxville, Pennsylvania. Since his father worked as a foreman in the woodworking industry and the boy lived with him in a temporary camp. Only a few years later, the Grange family purchased their own home in Illinois. Prior to that, they lived with relatives. The boy's father constantly worked hard and eventually became a police officer. In college, he showed promise in many types of port, he was eyed by track and field coaches, promising a stellar future. The young man entered the University of Illinois, as there was one of the strongest sports teams there, and the training was not worth it.

Biography of Igor Akinfeev

Date of birth: April 8, 1986 Place of birth: Moscow region, USSR Akinfeev Igor Vladimirovich is a football player of modern Russia. Igor Akinfeev is also known as a goalkeeper. Igor was born in the Moscow region in April 1986. From a very early age, the boy's father tried to get addicted to football. At the age of four, he was already on the football team at CSKA. After observing the young footballer, the coach decided to put him on the gate, and he did not lose. In 2002, the young man defended the gate at the Russian Championship and his team won. After graduation, it became logical to enter the Academy of Physical Education. There he is working on the defense of a diploma dedicated to the game of the goalkeeper. In parallel, he continues training and becomes a member of CSKA. After 10 games, he is already in the main team, enough

Biography of Konstantin Tszyu

Date of birth: September 19, 1969 Place of birth: Sverdlovsk region, USSR Tszyu Konstantin Borisovich is a boxer of modern Russia. Kostya Tszyu is also a world champion and a three-time champion of the USSR. Konstantin was born in a small town near Sverdlov in an ordinary poor Soviet family. His father worked as a metallurgist, and his mother worked as a nurse. At the age of nine, the boy was sent to boxing classes. The boy was engaged in the city section, surrounded by older boys, but this did not prevent him from making his first successes, but, on the contrary, stimulated him to more hard training. The first competition surprised everyone, including the coach - Kostya demonstrated his best qualities. He became the first in the city, then the first in the region, and soon the first at the All-Russian Games.

Biography of Evander Holyfield

Date of birth: October 19, 1962 Place of birth: Alabama, USA Holyfield Evander is one of America's most famous contemporary boxers. Evander first saw the light in 1962 in the small town of Atmore, Alabama. After moving to Atlanta, he has been boxing since childhood. Of course, I participated in competitions of different categories. So, the victory in the Golden Gloves opened his way to the US team. He represented his country at the 1984 Olympiad and received his first bronze medal. This opened the way for him to the professionals, where there were completely different fees. HE started in the light heavyweight category and then moved up to the heavyweight category. The first success came to the athlete in 1986, when he defeated D. Kuavi. Then, continuing hard training, he coped with the world champion D. Douglas in just 7 minutes. Then

Biography of Vladimir Turchinsky

Date of birth: September 28, 1963 Date of death: December 16, 2009 Place of birth: Moscow region, USSR Turchinsky Vladimir Evgenievich is a famous athlete in power sports. Vladimir was also known as a TV and radio host and businessman. Vladimir was born in the Moscow region in September 1963 in the family of a hereditary military man. The boy grew up in the family of a border service officer, Yevgeny Vladimirovich, and his mother, Nina Nikolaevna, who held a leadership position in the food industry. For some time the family lived in Ulyanovsk, where the boy went to school. In elementary school, he became interested in wrestling, and a year later he took silver in the Moscow championship. A little later, in high school, he was already a member of the Moscow team, doing sambo, where he received the title of master of sports. Higher

Biography of Mike Tyson

Date of birth: June 30, 1966 Place of birth: New York, USA Tyson Michael Gerard is probably the most eminent American boxer. Michael Tyson also won the title of absolute world champion and set several records that have not been surpassed so far. Michael was born in June 1966 in Brooklyn. Michael's biological father left the boy's mother before he was born. The boy grew up inclined to be overweight, which caused ridicule and a desire to offend him in older boys. Only when he was 10 years old did Michael manage to win authority over local hooligans by fighting, and even become one of them. Naturally, illegal actions in the form of petty theft and pickpocketing led to arrests and placement in a special detention center for teenagers. Once in one of these institutions with

Biography of Sergei Sergeev

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Biography of Sugar Robinson

Date of birth: May 3, 1921 Date of death: April 12, 1989 Place of birth: Georgia, USA Sugar Ray Robinson, whose real name was Walker Smith Jr., was an eminent professional boxer. Walker Smith is also known as one of the strongest boxers of all time. Walker was born in May 1921 in the United States. At the age of 12, he began boxing in one of the sports clubs at the Salem church. This club was quite famous for fielding its own boxing team in the country's tournaments. J. Gainford also coached there, who later became a true friend and manager of the future star. A year after the start of training, the young fighter had his first fight. At that time, there were countless competitions in New York, and Walker began to win at one of them.

Biography of Alena Prost

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Biography of Peter Rose

Date of birth: April 14, 1941 Place of birth: Cincinnati, USA Rose Peter Edward "Pete" is one of the most famous baseball players. Peter was born in April 1941. The beginning of his stellar career came in 1963, when he was already in the Cincinnati Reds. In a regular workout, when the rest of the athletes are trying to finish the exercises faster and free themselves, Peter gave all the best to 100%. He tried every day, and it paid off - he first became a substitute, and soon received the title of "Rookie of the National League." Justifying this title, he continued to move forward, along the way giving pleasure to the spectators who bought a ticket for the match with his emotional behavior. A dozen years later, he had almost 2000 strokes, which brought him closer to the host of great

Biography of Roman Pavlyuchenko

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Biography of Lev Yashin

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Biography of Ilya Kovalchuk

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Biography of Pele

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Biography of Muhammad Ali

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Biography of Diego Maradona

Date of birth: October 30, 1960 Place of birth: Lanus. Argentina. Diego Maradona is a famous soccer player. Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 in the city of Lanus, province of Buenos Aires in Argentina, in the family of a mill worker at the Tritumol flour mill. Diego was the fifth child and only son, before him four sisters were born in the family. Like many of his peers from Lanus, and indeed all the children of Argentina, Diego has played football since childhood. Showing himself at a very young age as a productive player, Diego soon enters the local team at the age of nine. The results in the national team, after the start of targeted training, gave hope that Diego could become a professional athlete, and he devotes his life to football, giving him all his free

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