Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and politician. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, a three-time FIDE World Champion, twice World Chess champion as a member of the USSR team, and a six-time winner of Chess Olympiads as a member of the USSR team. The International Association of Chess Press awarded him nine Chess Oscars.
Anatoly Laryukov is a Russian and Belarusian judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight (–73 kg) category, together with Vsevolods Zeļonijs of Latvia. This was Belarus' first-ever Olympic medal in the sport.
Anatoly Tishchenko is a Russian sprint canoer who competed from 1989 to 2004. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev was a Soviet biathlete.
Anatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov was a boxer from the USSR, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Anatoli Ivanovich Bogdanov was a Soviet sport shooter and Olympic champion.
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world blitz champion title is shared by the Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ju Wenjun from China is the current women's blitz world champion. Magnus Carlsen has held the title a record eight times.
Anatoli Kuzmich Grishin was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1960s.
Anatoly Fomich Sass was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Anatoly Ivanovich Parfyonov was a Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler who won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
Anatoly Valentinovich Bogdanov is a Russian-Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player, who played as a midfielder.
Anatoly Timofeyev was a Russian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Anatoly Vasilyevich Torkunov is a Russian diplomat and international relations scholar.
Arjan Singh Bhullar is a Canadian mixed martial artist currently competing in the heavyweight division of ONE Championship, where he is the former ONE Heavyweight World Champion. He has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the world welterweight title in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964.
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Roshchin was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia. Between 1962 and 1972 he won nine medals at the Summer Olympics and world championships, including four gold medals.
Anatoly Alekseyevich Beloglazov is a retired Russian freestyle wrestler. He won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics and 1977, 1978 and 1982 World Championships, placing third in 1983. In 2010 he was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame.
Anatoly Mikhailovich Bykov is a retired Soviet welterweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won a world title in 1975 and an Olympic gold medal in 1976, and placed second at the 1978 European Championships and 1980 Olympics, both times behind Ferenc Kocsis.
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Tokov is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division. Tokov has previously fought in promotions such as:Bellator MMA, M-1 Global, Fight Nights Global, Rizin Fighting Federation and Absolute Championship Berkut where Tokov became the one-time Middleweight champion.
Anatoly Sergeevich Malykhin is a Russian mixed martial artist and wrestler. Malykhin is signed to ONE Championship where he is the current Light Heavyweight World Champion, and Middleweight World Champion. He is the first fighter in history to win major MMA championships in three weight classes and the first to hold them simultaneously. A professional competitor since 2016, Malykhin has also competed for Fight Nights Global. As of March 17, 2024, he is ranked as the #14 light heavyweight in the world by Fight Matrix.
