Throughout history, there have been many Russian women sportspersons who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great Russian female sportspersons such as Anna Kournikova, Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Bryzgalova, Daria Gavrilova, Ekaterina Gordeeva.
Maria Kirilenko(Tennis player)
25 January 1987
Russian
Ekaterina Makarova(Tennis player)
07 June 1988
Russian
Alina Kabaeva(Politician, Model, Artistic gymnast, Rhythmic gymnast)
12 May 1983
Uzbekistan,Russian
Svetlana Kuznetsova(Tennis player)
27 June 1985
Russian
Vera Zvonareva07 September 1984
Russian
Dinara Safina(Tennis player)
27 April 1986
Russian
Daria Gavrilova(Tennis player)
05 March 1994
Australian,Russian
Ekaterina Gordeeva(Figure skater)
28 May 1971
Russian
Aliya Mustafina(Artistic gymnast)
30 September 1994
Russian
Yelena Isinbayeva(Pole vaulter, Athletics competitor)
03 June 1982
Russian
Elena Dementieva(Tennis player)
15 October 1981
Russian
Elena Vesnina(Tennis player)
01 August 1986
Ukrainian,Russian
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(Tennis player)
03 July 1991
Russian
Svetlana Khorkina(Politician, Artistic gymnast)
19 January 1979
Russian
Anastasia Myskina(Tennis player)
08 July 1981
Russian
Nadia Petrova(Tennis player)
08 June 1982
Russian
Irina Slutskaya(Figure skater)
09 February 1979
Russian
Yaroslava Shvedova(Tennis player)
12 September 1987
Kazakh,Russian
Anna Chakvetadze(Tennis player)
05 March 1987
Russian
Alexandra Kosteniuk(Chess player)
23 April 1984
Russian
Mariya Savinova(Middle-distance runner, Athletics competitor)
13 August 1985
Russian
Ksenia Afanasyeva(Artistic gymnast)
13 September 1991
Russian
Maria Paseka(Artistic gymnast)
19 July 1995
Russian
Yelena Slesarenko(High jumper)
28 February 1982
Russian
Yuko Kavaguti(Figure skater)
20 November 1981
Japanese,Russian
