| Russian and Ukrainian sports people often
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| | Tennis star Maria Sharapova has a lot
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| come first at the World class sport
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| | going for her. At only 18 years of age
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| tournaments. I want to tell about 3
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| | she has become the world's highest paid
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| slavic women who became famous all over
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| | female athlete. Born in Nyagan, Russia,
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| the world for their sport and none sport
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| | (in the Siberian region) on April 19,
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| achievements.
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| | 1987, she began playing tennis at a very
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| Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova is a
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| | young age. By the time she was nine she
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| Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five
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| | had moved to Bradenton, Florida, (where
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| Olympic medals in her career, with four
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| | she currently resides) to train at Nick
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| of them being gold.
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| | Bollettieri's Tennis Academy. Aside from
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| Her gold medals came in the 200 meter
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| | helping to hone Sharapova's skills,
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| individual medley and the 400 meter
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| | Bollettieri is also responsible for the
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| individual medley at the 2000 and 2004
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| | success of many other tennis stars, such
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| Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in
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| | as Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, and Venus
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| the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000
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| | and Serena Williams.
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| Summer Olympics. She has also won ten
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| | Sharapova began climbing the ranks in the
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| titles at swimming's world championships,
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| | World Tennis Association (WTA), earning
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| nineteen european championship titles,
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| | her first tournament title in Japan in
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| and currently holds both the short-course
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| | 2003. Her crowning moment came in 2004,
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| and long-course world records in the 400
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| | when she won Wimbledon at a mere 17 year
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| meter individual medley. In 2003 she won
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| | of age, solidifying a consistent spot in
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| four golds at the Summer Universiade in
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| | the top five. Off the court she is known
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| South Korea. She was also awarded the
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| | for her looks. She often takes modeling
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| Hero of Ukraine medal. In 2004, she was
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| | jobs and works on her endorsements, the
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| named by Swimming World magazine as the
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| | likes of which include Motorola, Canon
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| World Female Swimmer of the Year.
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| | and Honda Japan. The attractive
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| Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (born June 7,
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| | six-foot-tall blond often draws
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| 1981) is a retired Russian professional
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| | comparisons to fellow Russian
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| tennis player and model. Although she
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| | tennis-pro-turned-model Anna Kournikova,
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| never won a major singles tournament, she
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| | but her skills on the court are what set
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| became one of the best known tennis
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| | the two apart.
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| players worldwide. At the peak of her
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| | In just the past two years she has become
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| fame, fans looking for images of
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| | the poster child for women's tennis.
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| Kournikova made her name (or misspellings
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| | Billboards promoting the sport feature
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| of it) one of the most common search
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| | giant images of Sharapova as "Maria
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| strings on Google.
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| | Mania" sweeps the globe. She has become
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| She was born in Moscow, Soviet Union to
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| | the top-draw in the sport, ushering in a
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| Alla and Sergei Kournikov; her family
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| | new era of rising stars and helping to
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| later emigrated to the United States.
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| | broaden the field after years of Williams
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| Presently, she resides in Miami, Florida.
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| | sisters' dominance. 2005 finds Sharapova
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| Kournikova's major-league tennis career
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| | on pace to take in over $20 million, most
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| has been curtailed for the past several
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| | of which will come from her
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| years, and possibly ended, by serious
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| | endorsements--the most recent a
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| back and spinal problems. She has had
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| | three-year $6 million deal with
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| some success at the singles game, but her
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| | Colgate-Palmolive. But it is tennis where
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| specialty has been doubles, where she has
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| | her focus lies. She carries with her a
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| at times been the world's No.1 doubles
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| | streak of 17 straight wins on grass
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| player. With Martina Hingis as her
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| | heading into Wimbledon 2005, where she
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| partner, she won Grand Slam titles in
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| | will defend her 2004 championship at the
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| Australia in 1999 and 2002.
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| | prestigious event.
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