Sergei Alexandrovich Monia is a Russian former professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft. At a height of 2.02 m tall, he played at both the small forward and power forward positions.
Sports in Ukraine as in any other country throughout the World plays an important role in shaping the popular view of Ukraine and Ukrainian popular culture to its residents and the rest of the World. Sports in Ukraine while it is voluntary and spontaneous, it is regulated and standardized by the government and respected government agency as well as legislation. According to the Law of Ukraine "About physical culture and sports", sports is an activity of subjects of the sphere of physical culture and sport directed to identification and the unified comparison of achievements of people in physical, intellectual, and other preparation by holding sports competitions and preparation for them. The sport has such directions: children's sports, sports for children and young people, reserve sports, elite sports, professional sports, sports of veterans of physical culture and sport, veterans of war, the Olympic sport, not Olympic sport, office and applied and military and applied sport, sports of persons with disability and so forth.
Irina Müller is a German rower, who won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and was a member of the SG Dynamo Potsdam.
Roy Edward Williams was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Winnipeg. Williams was part of the Canadian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
Irina Nikolayevna Kalentieva is a retired professional cross-country mountain bike racer from Russia. She won the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in 2007 and 2009.
Irina Viktorovna Osipova is a Russian basketball player. Since 2002 she was part of the Russia women's national basketball team at most major international competitions. She won Olympic bronze medals in 2004 and 2008, placing fourth in 2012, and collected three gold and five silver medals at the world and European championships. She currently plays for Dynamo Kursk from Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. She is married and has a daughter Alyona.
Irina Nikolayevna Bespalova is a female butterfly swimmer from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. She competed in the women's 100m butterfly and the women's 4 × 100 m medley at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Irina Zilber (Russian: Ирина Александровна Зильбер is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Irina Anatolyevna Ilchenko, known as Irina Ilchenko or Irina Smirnova, is a retired Russian volleyball player. Born in Yekaterinburg, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Megan Helen Compain is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Irina Rutkovskaya is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Irina Sumnikova is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Irina Edvinovna Minkh is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Natalya Zasulskaya is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, in 2010.
Hedvig Karakas is a Hungarian judoka. She is a World Championship bronze medalist, and multi-time European medalist. She competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Irina Zabludina is a Russian judoka. She competed in the Women's 57 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Marti Malloy.
Irina Kikkas is an Estonian rhythmic gymnast. She had her highest placement finishing 12th in All-around at the 2001 World Championships. She finished 16th in All-around at the 2008 European Championships. She represented Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for her nation's official debut in the rhythmic individual all-around competition. Kikkas placed twentieth in the qualifying round of the competition, with a total score of 62.775; therefore, she did not advance into the final round. Since 2009 she started her couch career by opening her own club named “Irina Kikkas Gymnastic Club”.
José Cabrera was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Howard Kelsey is a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Twelve women's teams competed in basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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