Sport Stars Of World: 2011

Thursday 27 October 2011

Andrei Kirilenko Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Andrei Kirilenko Profile
Teams: Utah Jazz
Position: Small and Power Forward
Jersey Number: 47
Height: 6-9 / 2.06 m
Weight: 227 lbs. / 103 kg.
Nickname: AK-47
All-Star: Once (2004)
NBA Titles: NBA Championship Trophy none
Born: February 18, 1981 in Izhevsk, Russian Federation
High-School: Frunzenskaya Sport School in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Drafted: by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round (24th pick, 24th overall) of the 1999 NBA draft.
Biography:
Played in 80 of the 82 games on the season, scoring a career-high 12.0 points and 5.3 rebounds, while playing 27.7 minutes per game...Missed the first two games of his career (November 15, 2002 at Detroit and November 17, 2002 at Toronto) due to a strained lower back... Scored a career-high 30 points at the Los Angeles Lakers on December 8, 2002, connecting on 8-12 field goals (4-4 from 3-point range) and 10-10 from the line... Registered 52 double-figure scoring games with six games of 20+ points... Scored the 1,000th point of his career vs. Phoenix on November 19, 2002...Connected on .491 percent from the field, third best on the team, good for 17th in the league... Third on the team in free throw percentage, hitting .800 percent from the line (296-370) and went 37-114 from the 3-point line (.325%)... Finished as the team's fourth leading rebounder, with a career-high 12 vs. New York on April 4, 2003 and had four games of +10 rebounds... Lead the team in blocked shots for the second straight season, averagng 2.20 blocks per game, good for 8th in the league... Blocked at least one shotin 70 of his 80 games, with a season-high and career-high tying six three times (vs. Philadelphia on December 28, 2002; vs. New Jersey on January 20, 2003 and vs. Los Angeles Clippers on March 22, 2003)...Third on the team in steals, averaging 1.47 steals per games (29th in the league), with a season-high five at Milwaukee on January 3, 2003...Served up a career-high six assists at Milwaukee on January 3, 2003... Participated on the sophomore team in the Got Milk Rookie Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta, scoring 13 points (6-10 FGs), with five rebounds, two steals and one block in 27 minutes.

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Andrei Kirilenko

Agnes Szavay Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Agnes Szavay Profile
Singles Ranking: 40
Doubles Ranking: 65
Country: Hungary
Birth Date: 29 December 1988
Birth Place: Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Residence: Wolkersdorf, Austria
Height: 1.7 metres (5 ft. 7 in.)
Weight: 63.2 kilos (139 lbs.)
Plays: Right Handed

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Agnes Szavay

Flavia Pennetta Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Flavia Pennetta Profile
Singles Ranking: 19
Doubles Ranking: 1
Country: Italy
Birth Date: 25 February 1982
Birth Place: Brindisi, Italy
Residence: Verbier, Switzerland
Height: 1.73 metres (5 ft. 8 in.)
Weight: 58.2 kilos (128 lbs.)
Plays: Right Handed
Biography:
Currently ranked No.12 in the world, Italy’s Flavia Pennetta has 18 career WTA Tour titles – nine as a singles player and nine as a doubles. Her highest rank as a singles player is No. 10, reached on Aug. 17, 2009. She has been ranked as high as 8th in doubles (July 5, 2010).For the first five years of her career, she played on the ITF circuit and in Tour qualifiers, debuting in the top 100 in 2002 at No. 100 on Sept. 23.In 2003, she finished in the top 100 again, debuting in all four Grand Slam events and making it to the third round of the French Open.She cracked the top 50 in 2004, winning her first Tour singles title at Sopot, then pushed her way into the top 30 in 2005 and 2006. At one point she won 15 straight matches on clay, and made the fourth round of Wimbledon, falling to Mary Pierce.Injury cut short her 2006 season, and between a comeback and inconsistency, she nearly fell out of the top 100 in 2007 before rallying to end the year in the top 40.She continued the forward momentum in 2008 with her first top 20 season, her fifth and sixth Tour singles titles and her first Grand Slam quarterfinal appearance (US Open). In 2009 she won 15 straight matches during the summer and cracked the top 10 on Aug. 17 before ending the year at No. 12.She also experienced patriotic success in 2009, helping Italy to the Fed Cup championship, defeating France, Russia and the United States. In 2010, she won her ninth Tour singles title at Marbella as the No. 2 seed and reached the fourth round at the French Open
Personal:
Coached by Gabriel Urpi. Her father introduced her to tennis when she was five years old. Both her parents and her older sister play tennis recreationally. Also interested in horse racing.

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Flavia Pennetta

Vitalia Diatchenko Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Vitalia Diatchenko Profile
Country: Russia
Birth Date: 2 August 1990
Birth Place: Sochi, Russia
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5 ft. 11 in. ( 1.8 metres )
Weight: 132 lbs. ( 60 kilos )
Plays: Right
Turned Pro: N/A

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Vitalia Diatchenko

Gisela Dulko Bio,Profile & Images 2011

Gisela Dulko Profile
Singles Ranking: 52
Doubles Ranking: 1
Country: Argentina
Birth Date: 30 January 1985
Birth Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residence: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height: 1.7 metres ( 5 ft. 7 in. )
Weight: 55.9 kilos ( 123 lbs. )
Plays: Right Handed
Biography:
Ranked No. 1 in doubles to end the 2010 season, Argentina's Gisela Dulko has 16 career doubles titles and three career singles titles to her credit ont he WTA Tour.For her career, Dulko is well above .500 as both a singles player (290-216) and a doubles competitor (262-155). She capped her 2010 doubles season by capturing the WTA Tour Championships title alongside partner Flavia Pennetta.Playing with several different partners in 2010, Dulko compiled a 55-14 doubles record, reaching 10 finals and winning eight of them. She first took the No. 1 spot in doubles on November 1.Her highest singles ranking to date is No. 26, achieved on November 21, 2005, a season in which she finished 27th overall, her top ranking ever. She went 34-25 in singles in 2005, reaching the finals at Hobart, the semifinals at Portgual, the semifinals at s-Hergenbosch, the quarterfinals at Toronto and the semifinals at Bangkok.Overall, Dulko has spent each of the past seven seasons ranked between 27th and 61st in women's singles.

Personal

Is coached by her brother Alejandro, who introduced her to the game when she was seven. Her favorite cities are Buenos Aires, Paris and Honolulu. Her favorite players to watch growing up were Pete Sampras and Marat Safin.

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Gisela Dulko

Hines Ward's Biography,Profile & Images 2011

Hines Ward's Profile
Date Of Birth:March 8, 1976
Place of Birth:Seoul, South Korea
Birth Name:Hines E. Ward, Jr.
Gender:Male
Biography:
Hines Ward made his mark in the world of sports as the wide receiver for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he has the distinction of being the longest-tenured current player on the team. During his teen years, Ward already showed potential as a quarterback at Forest Park High School, where he also became two-time Clayton County Offensive Player of the Year. Additionally, he received All-American honors from Super Prep, Blue Chip Illustrated and USA Today.Ward continued honing his football skills as a wide receiver for the University of Georgia Bulldogs in college before being recruited by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1998 NFL Draft. Since then, he has been recognized as the team's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times.On the small screen, Ward appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Rome Is Burning and Mike and Mike in the Morning, among others. In 2011, he joined the cast of Dancing with the Stars season 12.

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Hines Ward's

Svetlana Kuznetsova Latest News & Images 2011

Svetlana Kuznetsova Tennis player Latest News US Open 2011
Famous female tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova is a Russian born tennis professional who is currently ranked third in Women’s Tennis. She has won two tennis Grand Slam singles titles during her career and has been runner up in other Grand Slam finals. She is a reigning French Open champion and she also won the US Open title in 2004. Kuznetsova was a runner up in the French Open in 2004 and Us Open in 2007. She has born to a coach father who has coached five world and Olympic cycling champions. Kuznetsova could not keep up with her winning streak in year 2008 where she reached only two finals. She kept losing to seeded players and ended as World No. 8 at the year end which made her the only women tennis player to be among top ten best female tennis players with no title. The performance of Russian tennis player Kuznetsova improved in year 2009 when her ranking improved to 3 but she could not retain this ranking and fell to World No. 27 in year 2010 which is her lowest career ranking.With two Grand Slam singls titles already on her resume, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 26, still believes there is more for her to accomplish in tennis. She might be under the radar and playing on the outside courts as the No. 15 seed, but the 2004 U.S. Open champ and 2009 French Open champ is quietly working her way through the tournament. She beat Elena Baltacha of Great Britain 6-4, 6-3, on Thursday to move into the third round and will next face Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. Kuznetsova spoke to espnW after the win over Baltacha.

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Svetlana Kuznetsova