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Alena Igorevna Leonova (Russian: Алёна Игоревна Леонова, born 23 November 1990) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2012 World silver medalist, the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior champion, two-time (2010–2011) Russian national silver...

Federica Faiella (born February 1, 1981 in Rome) is an Italian ice dancer. She competes with Massimo Scali. They are the 2010 World bronze medalists, 2009 & 2010 European silver medalists and six-time (2003–2005, 2007–2009) Italian national champions. They have...

Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born 11 October 1977 in Nevinnomyssk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion....

Nizhny Novgorod (Russian: Нижний Новгород; IPA: [ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət]), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia.

Andrei Viktorovich Markov (Russian: Андрей Викторович Марков; born December 20, 1978) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is an alternate captain of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He holds both Russian and Canadian citizenship....

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Antropov (Russian: Николай Александрович Антропов; born February 18, 1980) is a Kazakhstani-Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He received Canadian citizenship in May 2007.

John Walker (born ca. 1950) is a computer programmer and a co-founder of the computer-aided design software company Autodesk, and a co-author of early versions of AutoCAD, a product Autodesk originally acquired from programmer Michael Riddle. He makes his home...

Toni Kroos (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːni ˈkʁoːs]) (born 4 January 1990) is a German international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich as a central midfielder. He is the older brother of Werder Bremen forward Felix Kroos.

Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese footballer of partial Romani descent who currently plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş J.K and the Portuguese national team. Quaresma began his career at Sporting...

Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Greek: Σωκράτης Παπασταθόπουλος, pronounced [soˈkratis papastaˈθopulos]; born 9 June 1988) is a Greek professional footballer who plays for Werder Bremen on loan from Genoa and the Greek national team, as a defender. Since the surname Papastathopoulos cannot...