Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Togliatti.

Is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004.

Is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004. He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. He is an ethnic Tatar.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divisio

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk.

Is a Tajikistani footballer who has recently plaed for Hima Dushanbe.

Is a Tajikistani footballer who has recently plaed for Hima Dushanbe.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Lada Togliatti.

Is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League

Is a Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Rustam Khudzhamov made his debut for the Ukraine national football team in a friendly on February 11, 2009 against Serbia which Ukraine won 1–0.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Sibiryak Bratsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Istra. He made his debut in

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Istra. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1996 for FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Gornyak Uchaly.

Is a male butterfly swimmer from Kazakhstan, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer

Is a male butterfly swimmer from Kazakhstan, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008. His best result ws finishing in 41st place in the men's 100m butterfly event in Athens, Greece (2004).

Is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympi

Is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. In Athens at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the first round of the Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg) division by

Is a professional Turkmen football player playing for Nebitchi Balkanabat.

Is a professional Turkmen football player playing for Nebitchi Balkanabat.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Pskov-747 Pskov.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

Is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Moldovan side FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for PFC Spartak Nalchik. He made his

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for PFC Spartak Nalchik. He made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2003 for PFC Spartak Nalchik.

Is a retired Uzbekistani professional footballer. In 1991 he moved from Pamir Dushanbe to Novbakhor

Is a retired Uzbekistani professional footballer. In 1991 he moved from Pamir Dushanbe to Novbakhor Namangan.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Angusht Nazran.

Is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.

Is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.

Is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.

Is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Druzhba Maykop.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages the reserves te

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages the reserves team of FC Amkar Perm. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Rubin Kazan. He played 1 game in the UEFA Cup 1994–95 for FC Rotor Volgograd.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Sever Murmansk.

Is a German chess Grandmaster of Tatar origin. n 1983 he won the USSR U18 youth championship and in

Is a German chess Grandmaster of Tatar origin. n 1983 he won the USSR U18 youth championship and in 1986 the Belarusian Chess Championship. He completed his military service in the 1980s in the sports department of the Soviet army, which was stationed in the DDR. In this period he participated in various DDR tournaments: in 1984, he was second (after Valery Chekhov) in Berlin. Tournament victories include Dresden in 1986, Rostock, Halle and Dresden in 1987, and Minsk and Dresden in 1988. In 1989 he was awarded the FIDE title of International Master. In 1990, he won in Münster and was awarded the Grandmaster title. Dautov won in 1996 (jointly with Artur Yusupov) the international German Chess Championship, he finished second in the championship of 1999. In the late 1990s he won tournaments in Bad Homburg (1997), Seefeld (1997), Essen (1999) (shared with Vadim Zvjaginsev, Emil Sutovsky and Larry Christiansen) and Deizisau 2002 (amongst others shared with Vladimir Epishin and Levon Aronian). Dautov took on professional poker in recent years.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Gornyak Uchaly.

Is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.

Is a former Soviet wrestler and Olympic Champion.