Russian Famous Girl Names with Letter L

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian handball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a former speed skater. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000

Is a former speed skater. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000 metres. In 1995, she won a silver medal in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women.

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Was a Soviet Olympic fencer. She won gold in the women's team foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian figure skater. She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics wi

Was a Russian figure skater. She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics with Andrei Suraikin.Smirnova began figure skating in 1955 and became a member of the USSR National Team in 1968. She trained in Leningrad at Spartak and was

Was a Soviet chess player and the second Women's World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953. Rudenko

Was a Soviet chess player and the second Women's World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953. Rudenko held the FIDE International Master and Woman International Master titles. Born in Lubny in the Poltava region of Ukraine, in the Russian Empire, her father taught her to play chess at age 10 although at first she was more serious about swimming. After grammar school, she moved to Odessa and took a degree in economics. Rudenko became the Odessa swimming champion in the 400m breaststroke. Her professional career would be as an economic planner for the Soviet Union, and chess would remain a hobby.