The Most Famous

BADMINTON PLAYERS from Russia

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This page contains a list of the greatest Russian Badminton Players. The pantheon dataset contains 117 Badminton Players, 2 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 8th most number of Badminton Players behind Malaysia, and Japan.

Top 7

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Russian Badminton Players of all time. This list of famous Russian Badminton Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Nina Vislova (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 27.45, Nina Vislova is the most famous Russian Badminton Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Nina Gennadyevna Vislova (Russian: Нина Геннадьевна Вислова; born 4 October 1986) is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her partner Valeria Sorokina, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.

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2. Valeria Sorokina (b. 1984)

With an HPI of 26.85, Valeria Sorokina is the 2nd most famous Russian Badminton Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (Russian: Валерия Михайловна Сорокина; born 29 March 1984) is a badminton player from Russia. Together with her doubles partner Nina Vislova, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.

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3. Evgeniya Kosetskaya (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 0.00, Evgeniya Kosetskaya is the 3rd most famous Russian Badminton Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Evgeniya Andreevna Kosetskaya (Russian: Евгения Андреевна Косецкая; born 16 December 1994) is a Russian badminton player. She was the women's doubles silver medalist at the 2015 Baku European Games, and settled the women's singles bronze medal in 2019 Minsk. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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4. Ivan Sozonov (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ivan Sozonov is the 4th most famous Russian Badminton Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov (Russian: Иван Андреевич Созонов; born 6 July 1989) is a Russian badminton player. He competed for Russia at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics. His current partner is Vladimir Ivanov. The duo's victories at the 2014 European Championships and 2016 All England Open rendered them as the first Russians to win the men's doubles in each of those tournaments.

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5. Sergey Sirant (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 0.00, Sergey Sirant is the 5th most famous Russian Badminton Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Sergey Yurevich Sirant (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Сирант; born 12 April 1994) is a Russian badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2015 Riga International, and clinched the Grand Prix title in 2017 Russian Open. Sirant was the men's singles National Champions in 2017 and 2018. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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6. Misha Zilberman (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 0.00, Misha Zilberman is the 6th most famous Russian Badminton Player.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Misha Zilberman (Russian: Миша Зильберман; Hebrew: מישה זילברמן; born 25 January 1989) is an Olympic badminton player. Born in Russia, he competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd, 14th, and 15th respectively, with his 2024 results still to be determined. He also won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Badminton Championships, and bronze medals at the 2019 and 2023 European Games. He is the first Israeli player to win a medal at the European Badminton Championships. Zilberman represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in badminton in the Men's singles, in his fourth consecutive Olympic Games, and came in 27th.

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7. Ksenia Polikarpova (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 0.00, Ksenia Polikarpova is the 7th most famous Russian Badminton Player.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Ksenia Olegovna Polikarpova (Russian: Ксения Олеговна Поликарпова, Hebrew: קסניה פוליקרפובה; born 11 March 1990) is Russian-Israeli Olympic badminton player. In 2009, she won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Milan, Italy. She also won bronze medals at the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in 2011, 2013, and 2015 with Russian national badminton team. Polikarpova became an Israeli citizen in May 2017, and won a gold medal in 2017 Maccabiah Games. She competed at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, competing in women's singles, coming in 15th. At the 2022 Maccabiah Games, she won a gold medal in women's doubles and a silver medal in women's singles.

People

Pantheon has 7 people classified as Russian badminton players born between 1984 and 1994. Of these 7, 7 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Russian badminton players include Nina Vislova, Valeria Sorokina, and Evgeniya Kosetskaya. As of April 2024, 5 new Russian badminton players have been added to Pantheon including Evgeniya Kosetskaya, Ivan Sozonov, and Sergey Sirant.

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