Vladimir Akopian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.
Bu Xiangzhi is a Chinese chess player. In 1999, he became the 10th grandmaster from China at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 13 days, at the time the youngest in history. In April 2008, Bu and Ni Hua became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating line, after Wang Yue.
Ray Robson is an American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. Robson fulfilled the requirements for the title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 16 days.
Ni Hua is a Chinese chess grandmaster and the national team captain. He is three-time national champion. In 2003, he became China's 15th Grandmaster at the age of 19. In April 2008, Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi both became the second and third Chinese players to pass the 2700 Elo rating mark, after Wang Yue.
Pavel Eljanov is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He has won two team gold medals and one individual silver medal at the Chess Olympiads.
Pavol Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1996. Competing together with his twin brother Peter Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in the history of canoe slalom.
Peter Hochschorner is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1996. Competing together with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in the history of canoe slalom.
The Slovenian Chess Championship is the national chess championship held in Slovenia. The championship has been played since the 1950s, first as a regional championship in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and after the independence of Slovenia as a national championship. Before 1991, the championship was usually played as a qualifier for the Yugoslav Chess Championship in which not always the best players participated. This is because the best Slovenian players were often automatically qualified for the championship based on rating or performance in other tournaments.
The British National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by British Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age, gender and disability categories. The modern era is considered to have started in 1994 eventually replacing the amateur era; both versions were held during 1994 and 1995.
Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion and became the fifth woman to cross the 2600 barrier in March 2017.
Kayden William Troff is an American chess grandmaster. He was World U14 Chess Champion in 2012.
Dariusz Świercz is a Polish chess player playing for the United States. He is one of the youngest in history and the youngest Polish of all time to qualify for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 years and seven months in 2009. In 2018 he switched his national federation to the United States.
Jana Dukátová is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1999.
Tigran Levonovich Petrosian is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (2004).
Ladislav Škantár is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998 along with his cousin Peter Škantár in the C2 class.
Peter Škantár is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 1998 along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C2 class.
Stewart Gavin Haslinger is an English chess Grandmaster and former British Junior champion.
The 1998 European Race Walking Cup was held in Dudince, Slovakia, on 25 April 1998.
Eva Repková is a Slovak chess player holding the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was Czechoslovak Women's Champion in 1991 and Slovak Women's Champion in 2003, 2010 and 2013.
