Athletes - Land Of Ancestors - Belarus

Belarusian chess player Anna Sharevich has changed the team - now she will play for the U.S.

Newsmaker — Mon, 12 May 2014 21:07:55 +0400

Belarusian chess player Anna Sharevich has changed national team - now she will play for the USA.

Darya Domracheva starred for Wargaming company

Newsmaker — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 08:53:12 +0400

The leader of the Belarusian biathlon team Darya Domracheva took part in the original photoshoot organized by Wargaming whose project air force online game ”World of Warplanes“ is the official sponsor of the athlete in the 2013-2014 season.

In order to be transformed to a new image Dasha went to the new Minsk office of the company. The shooting took place according to the rules of glossy magazines - in a real studio with exposed light professionally and carefully selected accessories.

Interview with Catherine Vandareva (Part 2)

Newsmaker — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:59:11 +0400

The correspondent of a website goals.by had a meeting with Catherine Vandareva (Barbie) in order to find out why she does not like to spar with girls, to kick around her unfulfilled dream to go to the Police Academy and how she saves femininity in the harsh world of martial arts. Also it was worth discussing about an excess of muscle, as well as accidents with scrawny guys who have lack of courage. Continuation.

Interview with Catherine Vandareva

Lida — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:57:43 +0400

The correspondent had a meeting with Catherine Vandareva (Barbie) in order to find out why she does not like to spar with girls, to kick around her unfulfilled dream to go to the Police Academy and how she saves femininity in the harsh world of martial arts. Also it was worth discussing about an excess of muscle, as well as accidents with scrawny guys who have lack of courage.

Olga Korbut

Lida — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:49:42 +0400

Olga Korbut was born on May 16, 1955 in Hrodna, Belarus. She is a Belarusian Soviet gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she participated in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team. She is also well known in the world as the "Sparrow from Minsk".

Korbut started training gymnastics when she was 8 years old. She was coached at first by Yelene Volchestskaya, a gold medal winner ...

Aliaksandra Herasimenya Wins Silver at the European Short Course Swimming Championship

Newsmaker — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:45:29 +0400

The Belarusian athlete came second in the women�s 50m butterfly stroke event.

At the final Herasimenya swam the distance in 25.53 seconds. Only a Danish swimmer Jeanette Ottesen Gray managed to leave behind the Belarusian swimmer with the result of 25.21 seconds. Bronze medal went to Henique Melanie, French swimmer.

Catherine Vandareva

Lida — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 12:31:37 +0400

Belarusian Catherine Vandareva is the world and European champion in Thai boxing, which is one of the most severe and bloody sport. She believes that beauty and martial arts can not be separated, and tries to set an example to prove it.

Vandareva Catherine was born on 20 January 1991. Her nickname is Barbie.

Maria Sharapova

Lida — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:05:13 +0400

Maria Sharapova was born on April 19, 1987. She is a Russian professional tennis player. She was born in the Siberian town of Nyagan, where her parents moved from Gomel to escape from the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Concerned about the regional effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, they left their homeland shortly before Sharapova was born. Old grandmother of the tennis-player Galina Demjanovna Sharapova lives in Gomel to the present time.

Azarenka is the champion of China!

Lida — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:37:09 +0400

The best tennis player of the planet Belarusian Victoria Azarenka won on October 7, 2012 in Beijing her next title.

At the end of the open championship of China (prize fund $ 4 million 828 thousand), she defeated once again the second-ranked Maria Sharopova - 6:3, 6:1.

Wayne Douglas Gretzky

Lida — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:12:44 +0400

Wayne Douglas Gretzky was born on January, 29, 1961. He is a canadian hockey player of Belorussian origin, center forward, one of the most well-known athletes of XX century. The greatest hockey player of all times. From 1978-1988 he played for the club, "Edmonton Oilers", which four times won the Stanley Cup. In the National Hockey League, where Gretzky was nicknamed "the Great One", he set a record 61 times and won the League individual prizes (including 9 most valuable player awards and 10 - scorer of the season). He was among five athletes which set the Olympic flame afire in 2010 in Vancouver. He went into the Team of the Century �Centennial All-Star Team� of International Ice Hockey Federation.