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My favourite Russian sportsman is Maria Sharapova. She is a professional tennis player. Maria started to play tennis when she was 7. She was really fond of this sport. Perseverance and self-belief led her to the first line of the world rankings. Maria won 29 tournaments. Sharapova is a silver medalist in Olympics games. She won four 'Grand Slams'.

In addition, Maria Sharapova is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Development Programme. She founded a fund that supports a number of projects in the areas affected by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as a scholarship programme for Belarusian students - people from such areas. Forbes magazine has included Sharapova, to be one of the "100 most powerful celebrities of the world", and she was the only Russian woman on the list. Maria is the face of some companies such as "Samsung", "Nike", "Porshe" and others. I really admire her.