"Nochi Dankner (the head of IDB Company), Michael and Raya Strauss, Akko Mayor Shimon Lankri, Shaul Mofazand Alan Hoffman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the tennis star Anna Smashnova, and host Danny Rop. During the ceremony, an exhibition game was played between Shahar Peer and Ofri Lankri, who grew up in Akko and, in December 2013, played in the finals of the Israel Tennis Championship young adults division. Activities at the Center The center has thirteen illuminated tennis courts, including a 600-seat stadium as well as international tournaments for men and women hosted every year at the center. The"
"Ana Ivanovic Ana Schweinsteiger ( / ""Ana Švajnštajger""; born 6 November 1987), professionally known by her maiden name Ana Ivanovic (Ана Ивановић / ""Ana Ivanović"", ;) is a Serbian retired professional tennis player. She was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2008, after she had defeated Dinara Safina to win the 2008 French Open. She was also the runner-up at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. She qualified for the annual WTA Tour Championships three times, in 2007, 2008 and 2014 and won the year-end WTA Tournament of Champions twice, in 2010 and 2011. Competing as"
"Anna Alminova Anna Alminova (born 17 January 1985) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009, but lost the title when she was found to have been doping. In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In the 1500 metres, she won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships, finished eighth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eleventh at the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2009 European Indoor Championships she won the gold medal in the"
"warmed-up. On June 23, 2017, the lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed. Anna Bogomazova Anna Bogomazova (born 7 April 1990) is a Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet. She worked in WWE competing in their developmental territory NXT Wrestling, under the ring name Anya. Bogomazova was born on 7 April 1990 in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of 5 she took up calisthenics, which she studied for seven years. Her parents insisted that she should quit because of her height. From 2003 till 2004, Anna played tennis. At the age of 14 she took up kickboxing. Her styles consist of"
"2001–2003""), Dynamo Moscow (""Russia, 2004–2005""), Chevakata Vologda (""Russia, 2006–2007""), Ros Casares Valencia (""Spain, 2007–2008""), UMMC Ekaterinburg (""Russia, 2008–2009""), Nadezhda Orenburg (""Russia, 2009–2011""), Chevakata Vologda (""Russia, 2011–2012""). WNBA: 7 seasons, 220 games (178 started), 2,215 points, 1,403 rebounds Utah Starzz (""1997, 1998, 1999""), Miami Sol (""2001""), New York Liberty (""2003, 2004, 2005""). Other achievements Elena Baranova Elena Viktorovna Baranova (; born 28 January 1972) is a retired Russian professional basketball player. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player, where she became the first player from Europe in 1997 WNBA inaugural season, the first All-Star from Russia in 2001"
"tennis world, she admires Roger Federer, Pat Rafter and Mansour Bahrami. Anna likes to play aggressively, coming to the net as often as possible. When at the back of the court she is always looking for opportunities to attack and often tries to serve and volley to change the pace of the match. According to Anna, her volley is """"what [her] whole game is built on"""" and her least favourite surface is clay. Anna's first match on the junior ITF circuit came in July 2003 and her last in June 2007. During her four-year junior tennis career, she did not"
"not ingested the substance for competitive reasons. Alminova was sanctioned for doping after her biological passport had showed abnormalities. The ban was for two years and six months and ran from 16 January 2011 to 15 May 2014. Her results was annulled from 16 February 2009. Anna Alminova Anna Alminova (born 17 January 1985) is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009, but lost the title when she was found to have been doping. In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003"
"Anna Bogomazova Anna Bogomazova (born 7 April 1990) is a Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet. She worked in WWE competing in their developmental territory NXT Wrestling, under the ring name Anya. Bogomazova was born on 7 April 1990 in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of 5 she took up calisthenics, which she studied for seven years. Her parents insisted that she should quit because of her height. From 2003 till 2004, Anna played tennis. At the age of 14 she took up kickboxing. Her styles consist of kickboxing and taekwondo. She eventually earned her black belt in"
"Ekaterina Pankova Ekaterina Vadimovna Pankova (, born 2 February 1990), from 2013 to 2016 Kosianenko, is a Russian female volleyball player, who plays as an setter. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and plays for Dynamo Moscow at club level. She started playing volleyball at the youth teams of Uralochka before starting her professional career in 2007 at Zarechie Odintsovo. With them she won the Russian Super League in 2007–08 and 2009–10, the Russian Cup in 2007 and the CEV Women's Challenge Cup in 2013–14. She moved to Dynamo Moscow in 2014 and at the"
"her career and became a personal trainer. In winter 2006 Elena moved to Moscow and worked there at one of the leading fitness center.. In 2009 Elena moves to Miami (Florida, US) and lives there up to the present moment. Married, no children. In 2003 Elena competed in her first contest FBFR Southern Russia Third Championship ""Samson 22"", finishing in sixth place. In 2004 Panova suffered a car crash injury and was not able to train and compete for a year. In 2005, she took second place at the WFF-WBBF Russia Amateur Championship. In 2006 Elena earned her professional status"
"at WFF-WBBF Europe Pro Championship, finishing in fourth place. Her greatest success as a professional has been the second place at the WFF-WBBF World Pro Championship 2007 and 2008. After 2009 WFF-WBBF Pro World Championships Elena Panova holds fourth position in World Professional Ranking List (Women). Yelena Alexandrovna Panova Yelena A Panova, often Elena Panova (; born April 26, 1979) is a female bodybuilder from Voronezh, Russia Elena graduated from the Voronezh State Technical University with a master's degree in Public Relations. She began training to lose weight in 1998. Generally it was step aerobics at that time. Elena decided"
"Anna Rechnio Anna Elżbieta Rechnio ( ; born 11 December 1977) is a Polish former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Polish national champion who competed at two Winter Olympics. Anna Elżbieta Rechnio was born 11 December 1977 in Warsaw.She is married to a former Russian skater; Alexei Fodoseev. They have a daughter; Maria (born 2010). Rechnio began skating in 1984. Early in her career, she was coached by Barbara Kossowska and Anna Hunkiewicz. In the 1993–94 season, Rechnio won her first senior national title. In January 1994, she placed 7th at the European Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. The"
"Ekaterina Ananina Ekaterina Sergeevna Ananina (; born 31 January 1982) is a badminton player from Russia. She was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 2002 and 2009. Now, she was known as Ekaterina Vikulova. Ananina was prepared to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but she was failed to qualified. The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983. ""Women's doubles"" ""Women's"
"Anna Styazhkina Anna Styazhkina (; born 5 July 1997) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She won the under 10 girls' section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2007 and the under 16 girls' in 2012. She was the runner-up at the World U12 Girls' Championship in 2009 and at the World U14 Girls' Championship in 2011. Styazhkina also won the U12 Girls' division of the European Youth Chess Championship in 2008 and the U16 Girls' in 2013. She won silver in the 2010 European U14 Girls' Championship and bronze in"
"Anna Shumilova Anna Vyacheslavovna Shumilova-Dyachenko (; born August 25, 1980 in Dmitrov, Russia) is an honored Master of Sports coach in Rhythmic gymnastics. She is married to 2012 Olympic champion in Canoe sprint, Alexander Dyachenko. Their daughter, Inna was born in July 21, 2014 A merited master of Sports in rhythmic gymnastics, Shumilova has been a coach of Club Dynamo - Dmitrov since 2003 and is currently a member of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Trainers. Shumilova has produced Olympic and multiple World Champions notably Daria Kondakova and Alina Makarenko. She is currently coaching Aleksandra Soldatova, Daria Dubova, Anastasiia Tatareva,"
"after her first experience competing in bodybuilding she decided that she needed to improve her performance on stage and began to take choreography and lessons in modern and belly dancing. This would later help her improve her posing routines on stage. During the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), Elena has had a very successful amateur career in her native Russia as well as Europe. She has won the All-Russian Championships (2002–03) and World Amateur Championships twice (2005 and 2007), and the European Championships (2005). Recently 2009, proved to be a very good year for Shportun-Willemer, having won the 2009"
"its sporting history. She is a member of Yunost Rossii Wrestling Club in Almetyevsk, and is coached and trained by Nikolai Petrovich Belov, since she started competing in 1995. In 1996, Smirnova had won her first ever career wrestling title for the 50 kg division at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, and also, added the bronze medal to her collection from the European Championships in Oslo, Norway. She continued to build success by capturing a total of three gold medals for the 54 kg class at the World and European Junior Championships. In the early 2000s Smirnova returned to"
"Elena Baranova Elena Viktorovna Baranova (; born 28 January 1972) is a retired Russian professional basketball player. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player, where she became the first player from Europe in 1997 WNBA inaugural season, the first All-Star from Russia in 2001 and played for the New York Liberty until the 2005 season. Baranova was born in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. She started playing professional basketball at age 16, was included to the Soviet national team at the age of 17, won European Championship at the age of 19 in 1991, and became the"
"as a result of continued problems with his knee. They decided not to compete during the 2010–11 season to allow Shabalin to fully recover. In July 2010, Domnina announced on the team's official site that she was not ready to retire, despite the insistence of her mother and boyfriend to leave the sport, and that a decision would be made in 2011. She also denied rumors suggesting she would team up with Roman Kostomarov but added ""Never say never."" Oksana Domnina was born on 17 August 1984 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She studied psychology. In August"
"Aneliya Kumanova Aneliya Kumanova (née Yordanova; ; born April 27, 1972 in Svishtov) is a retired Bulgarian shot putter and hammer thrower. Representing her nation Bulgaria in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), Kumanova initiated her athletics career as a hammer throw specialist, before turning sights extensively on the shot put event. In 2000, Kumanova demolished a Bulgarian record at 65.35 metres in the hammer throw from the European Cup Series in Sofia, and then attained her own personal best of 18.38 in the shot put at the same tournament three years later. Throughout her athletics career,"
"singles"" ""Women's doubles"" Ekaterina Ananina Ekaterina Sergeevna Ananina (; born 31 January 1982) is a badminton player from Russia. She was the women's doubles champion at the National Championships in 2002 and 2009. Now, she was known as Ekaterina Vikulova. Ananina was prepared to compete at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but she was failed to qualified. The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983."
"Anna Lewandowska Anna Lewandowska (nee Stachurska; 7 September 1988) is a Polish athlete, a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw, a specialist on nutrition, karate and representative of the country in traditional karate. She is a multiple medalist of the World, European, and national Championships. She is married to footballer Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowska is a graduate of the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw. She defended her thesis in 2012. She is a member of Pruszkow Karate Club. During her career she won three medals in the world championships seniors, six European Championships medals in different age"
"Anna Glennon Anna Glennon (born April 29, 1996) is an American professional watercraft (Jet Ski) racer. She is a World Champion and 8-time U.S. and Canadian National Champion. She is widely known by her nickname, Jet Girl 777. Glennon won her first National Championship during her first full season of racing in 2013. She is the only woman in IJSBA history to win the Men's Classic Two-Stroke World Championship title. Glennon established her race team, Jet Girls Racing in 2012. The team consists of two riders, Anna (Jet Girl 777) and Jessie(Jet Girl 888) and their father and master mechanic,"
"silver medal in clubs at the World Cup Final in Mie. She earned a number of medals in the World Cup series in 2007 and 2008, won the Grand Prix Final in 2007 and 2008, and took the bronze medal in All-around at the 2007 World championships behind teammate Vera Sessina. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she won the silver medal in all-around behind Anna Bessonova. In the 2008 Olympic season, Kapranova won the bronze medal in all-around at the 2008 European Championships behind silver medalist Anna Bessonova and with rising star teammate Evgenia Kanaeva taking the gold medal. She"
"Olga Smirnova Olga Vladimirovna Smirnova (; born May 11, 1979 in Novocheboksarsk, Russian SFSR) is an amateur Russian-born Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler, who played for the women's lightweight category. She is a two-time Olympian, a three-time medalist at the European Senior Championships, and a gold medalist for the 50 kg class at the 1996 World Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Smirnova also added a silver medal from the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and bronze from the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, representing her adopted nation Kazakhstan. Smirnova emerged as one of Russia's most prominent female wrestlers in"
"Maria Tolkacheva, Veronika Polyakova and Anna Sokolova. Anna Shumilova Anna Vyacheslavovna Shumilova-Dyachenko (; born August 25, 1980 in Dmitrov, Russia) is an honored Master of Sports coach in Rhythmic gymnastics. She is married to 2012 Olympic champion in Canoe sprint, Alexander Dyachenko. Their daughter, Inna was born in July 21, 2014 A merited master of Sports in rhythmic gymnastics, Shumilova has been a coach of Club Dynamo - Dmitrov since 2003 and is currently a member of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics National Trainers. Shumilova has produced Olympic and multiple World Champions notably Daria Kondakova and Alina Makarenko. She is currently"
"end to my athletics career. I wanted a quiet life, romantic dinners with my husband, and a baby’s laugh in our home."" In late 2005 she felt the urge to return athletics, juggling her training and caring for her son. A loss to Nataliya Tobias at the 2006 national championships inspired her to restart her professional career and she began training with Iryna Lishchynska. She was happy with her improving times but suffered a narrow exit in the semi-finals at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. The outdoor season in 2007 proved to be a turning point however; she took"
"Anna Shibanova Anna Sergeyevna Shibanova (; born 10 November 1994) is a Russian ice hockey defender for HC Agidel Ufa and the Russian national team. On 12 December 2017 she and five other Russian hockey players were disqualified with their results at the 2014 Olympics annulled. Her sister Tatyana is also an ice hockey player. Shibanova was selected for the Russia women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all six games, recording two assists. As of 2014, Shibanova has also appeared for Russia at one IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in"
"Yelena Akhaminova Yelena Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) ("""") (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a former volleyball female player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist (in 1980) and European champion (in 1979). Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Ukraine, Poland and Europe. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, Cup Winners Cup, USSR Championship, USSR Cup, Polish Championship and Polish Cup. She played for the Soviet Union national team at junior and senior level from 1979 to 1983, taking"
"and Ufimochka before joining Dinamo Moscow in January 2014. Anna Malova (volleyball) Anna Nicolaevna Malova ("""", born in Ulyanovsk) is a Russian female volleyball player. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, the Montreux Volley Masters (in 2013, 2014), the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), the European Championships (in 2013, 2015), the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de"
"Anna Werblińska Anna Werblińska (née Barańska) (born 14 May 1984) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team in 2006–2016, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, a bronze medalist of European Championship 2009), and four-time Polish Champion (2007, 2010, 2014, 2015). On June 19, 2010 she married to Sebastian Werbliński. In November 2017 she announced that she is expecting their first child. Her sister Bogumiła (born 1986) is also a volleyball player. In October 2009 Werblińska won with her teammates the bronze medal of European Championship 2009 after winning a match against Germany."
"Anna Frolina Anna Frolina, (, née Boulygina , born January 11, 1984) is a South Korean (since 2016) and Russian (until 2015) biathlete. Currently she resides at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Started competing in the World Cup in 2006–07 season ranking 31 in the Biathlon World Cup total score. She missed most of the 2007–08 season due to knee injury. In May 2008, she reappeared on the Russia's national team, and after summer training sessions was admitted to the World Cup. On 21 December 2008 in Hochfilzen came her first World Cup win shared with the relay teammates. First World Cup win"
"Anna Bessonova Anna Bessonova (; , born 29 July 1984) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnast of her generation. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2004 and 2008); a five-time medalist in the all-around competition of the World Championships: gold in 2007, silver in 2003 and 2005, bronze in 2001 and 2009; a four-time medalist in the all-around competition of the European Championships: silver in 2004 and 2008, bronze in 2002 and 2006; and a four-time medalist in the all-around competition of the Grand Prix Final: gold in 2003,"