10 Hot Russian Athletes You’ve Never Heard Of But Have To See

Ever seen Maria Shara­po­va in action on the ten­nis court? Apart from being an ace ten­nis play­er, she is sexy! Russ­ian women are hot and it’s not just the ten­nis play­ers.

Hot Russ­ian ath­letes are win­ning medals the world over but they’re def­i­nite­ly also win­ning hearts. Here are some of our favorite female Russ­ian ath­letes — you may nev­er have heard of them but you def­i­nite­ly want to have a look.

Darya Klishi­na, Long Jumper

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Part time long jumper, part time mod­el, Darya Klishina’s long jump­ing legs will have you fix­at­ed. The blonde bomb­shell has won sev­er­al gold medals for her coun­try and you’re like­ly to see more of this stun­ner in the com­ing years.

Maria Kir­ilenko, Ten­nis Play­er

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Shara­po­va isn’t the only Maria mak­ing waves in the ten­nis world. Apart from Kirilenko’s var­i­ous ten­nis achieve­ments, she is also the face of Adidas’s Stel­la McCart­ney range. Back in 2009, we also spot­ted her on the Sports Illus­trat­ed Swim­suit Edi­tion.

Eka­te­ri­na Stol­yaro­va, Ski­er

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Eka­te­ri­na is eas­i­ly one of Russia’s sex­i­est skiers. This 26 year old placed 7th at the Van­cou­ver Win­ter Olympics and def­i­nite­ly got some heads turn­ing.

 

Iri­na Kalen­tie­va, Moun­tain Bike Rac­er

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In 2009, Iri­na made an appear­ance in the Cycle Pas­sion cal­en­dar and set men’s hearts on fire. Iri­na is a sev­en-time Russ­ian Nation­al Cham­pi­on in her sport. This Olympic bronze-win­ning moun­tain bike rac­er makes cycling sexy.

Svet­lana Kolmyko­va, Ice Hock­ey Play­er

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Ice hock­ey for­ward and one of the stars of the lin­gerie pho­to shoot con­tro­ver­sy, dur­ing the Sochi Olympics, Svet­lana defies the stereo­type that you have to be a big, mus­cly woman to be a good ath­lete.

Eka­te­ri­na Galk­i­na, Curl­ing Cham­pi­on

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No non­sense Eka­te­ri­na was the Euro­pean curl­ing cham­pi­on in 2006 and the Russ­ian cham­pi­on in 2005–2006. Rep­re­sent­ing Rus­sia at the Sochi Olympics, Eka­te­ri­na also bared all for the Sochi Olympics pho­to shoot and we’re not com­plain­ing.

Anas­ta­sia Lup­po­va, Bil­liards Play­er

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This brunette Russ­ian beau­ty has been in the inter­na­tion­al spot­light for her bil­liards skills for a long time. Anastasia’s list of sport­ing achieve­ment is amaz­ing. She’s won many cham­pi­onships and was also the win­ner of a Miss Bil­liards com­pe­ti­tion.

Tatiana Boro­duli­na, Skater

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Siber­ian-born Tatiana has been com­pet­ing in short track speed skat­ing for Rus­sia since 2006. This gold medal win­ning beau­ty is sexy in skates and heels and is eas­i­ly Russia’s hottest skater girl.

Yev­geniya Kanaye­va, Rhyth­mic Gym­nast

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With a list of sport­ing hon­ours under her belt, Yev­geniya is a rhyth­mic gym­nast who can make you weak in the knees even on and off stage. Cur­rent­ly on a break from train­ing, this sul­try, dark-haired ath­lete has done Rus­sia proud numer­ous times.

Maria Verchen­o­va, Golf Play­er

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Often called the “Maria Shara­po­va of golf”, when Verchen­o­va swings a club, you can’t help but look. She self-admit­ted­ly likes to stand out on the golf course with her sex­i­er, often ten­nis style dress­es and is on a mis­sion to make golf more main­stream in East­ern Europe.

So who is your favourite? Did we miss any­one —  do you know any oth­er female Russ­ian ath­lete who deserve a men­tion?