Outstanding athletes of the Republic of Tatarstan

The development of sports in Tatarstan is a priority area of social activity of the Republic's leadership. At the moment, the Republic of Tatarstan is one of the sports leaders among the regions of the Russian Federation.
One of the most significant sporting events in the Republic of Tatarstan was the XXVII world summer Universiade 2013. 64 sports facilities were used for the 2013 Universiade, including 30 new construction projects.
The sports glory of Tatarstan is multiplied by the victories of such famous teams as AK bars, Rubin, UNICS, Zenit-Kazan, Sintez, KAMAZ-master, Dynamo-Kazan and more.

OUTSTANDING ATHLETES OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN
Svetlana Demina (shooting)
Zulfiya Garipova (judo)
Ekaterina Gamova (volleyball)
Ivan Utrobin (Ski race)
Marat Zakirov (water polo)
Daria Shkurikhina (rhythmic gymnastics)
Denis Kapustin (athletics)

SVETLANA DEMINA-SHOOTING
Famous Tatarstan athlete. Despite her age — she turns 56 in April — she still shoots periodically.
She won silver at the 2000 summer Olympics. She became world champion five times, took silver twice and bronze four times at the world Championships. The athlete also has six wins at the European Championships and a victory at the 2003 world Cup.

ZULFIYA GARIPOVA-JUDO
She made a serious contribution to the development of judo in Tatarstan.
Garipova won the silver medal at the world Championships in 1995 and 1996, and became the European champion in 1995. She also got into the top three winners at all-Russian and international competitions.

EKATERINA GAMOVA-VOLLEYBALL
Ekaterina Gamova spent only six seasons in the Kazan "Dynamo", but managed to become the most legendary of Kazan volleyball and Tatarstan sports. During this time, Gamova won almost all the trophies that are in the collection of "Dynamo", and this is five wins in the Russian championship, two national cups, awards of the Champions League.

IVAN UTROBIN-SKI RACE
Bronze medalist of the Olympic games in Innsbruck.

MARAT ZAKIROV-WATER POLO
Two-time Olympic medalist.

DARIA SHKURIKHINA-RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Artistic gymnastics Olympic champion in Beijing (2008)

DENIS KAPUSTIN-ATHLETICS
Bronze medalist at the Sydney Olympics (2000)