10 of the sexiest athletes in Russia 2017

Athletic men have always attracted women. Beautiful abs and muscles, powerful legs and a bewitching smile - for many girls, this is the look of a man of dreams. Almost all athletes can boast of this appearance.

And who of the Russian athletes is the most beautiful and sexy? Also check out the article 10 Sexiest Men in the Sports World.

10th place - Alexander Ovechkin

Born into a sports family, the boy chose the path and did not follow in the footsteps of his parents. Mom was a basketball player, dad was a football player, and Alexander was a professional hockey player. Classes in the section began at the age of 8, but at one time Ovechkin stopped studying, since his parents did not have time to take him to the ice.

In 2000, he began his career in the adult team. At the moment, Alexander is the captain of the national team and one of the leading players of the club "Washington Capitals».

9th place - Yuri Zhirkov

Famous Russian football midfielder, player "Zenith". He became interested in football as a child, his parents were ordinary workers, so the boy discovered his talent in himself and developed it in an ordinary yard.

In 1994 he entered a sports school, and this is how his march through his football career began. At first I played for "Spartacus"In Tambov (the hometown of a football player), then ended up in"CSKA", And in 2009 he even performed in the English club"Chelsea". During his long career, Yuri received many cups, awards and titles. You may be interested in the article TOP-10 Russian footballers of all time.

8th place - Vyacheslav Malafeev

Honored Master of Sports, football player as a goalkeeper. Vyacheslav deserves special respect, since he has never changed the football club. He became interested in football as a child at a sports school, after graduation he entered the "Zenith”, Since then has been playing in the walls of his native club and in the Russian national team, has many awards. He is engaged in business, participates in the creation of films about football, is married and has three children.

7th place - Alexander Kerzhakov

The best Russian football scorer was born in Kingisepp in 1982. The boy's talent was also considered by his father, who in his youth was fond of football, and at first he began to train his son, then Alexander entered a sports school "Zenith».

In 2000, he began his permanent work in the club. From 2006 to 2016 Kerzhakov changed three clubs ("Sevilla "," Dynamo "," Zurich") And returned to"Zenith"For the third time. Alexander is a member of the Russian national team, is the owner of the UEFA cups, Russia, Switzerland, Spain and many other awards.

6th place - Maxim Kovtun

The youngest handsome man on this list. Maxim was born in 1995 in Yekaterinburg. The genes of the father figure skater were passed on to his son in full. Kovtun was the champion of Russia three times, took 1st place in the Junior Grand Prix, 2nd and 3rd places in the European Championship in different years.

Maxim is the first to beat Evgeni Plushenko in 10 years of his unconditional leadership. At one time, the young man was even trained by Tatyana Tarasova. Ranked 5th in the International Skating Union.

5th place - Evgeny Malkin

Evgeny - the center forward of the Russian hockey team - was born in Magnitogorsk. From early childhood, his father put Eugene on skates, and from the age of 8 he was already purposefully engaged in hockey, but until the age of 15 there were serious doubts about his potential, there was a time that he was even refused, but in 2004 he became the world champion.

Malkin played in Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist", And in 2006 it falls into"Pittsburgh Penguins”, This is how his career in the NHL began, and Eugene is still playing in the club. Malkin is a member of the national team, winner of many awards since his youth, he was at the Olympics three times.

4th place - Anton Shipulin

Anton is a great biathlete, multiple winner of the world championships, won awards at the Olympics, multiple prize winner of cup competitions, the captain of our national men's team. He started his sports life thanks to his parents.

The first competitions were held as a youth in Khanty-Mansiysk and Tyumen. Active performance on the world stage began in 2006. In addition to his sports career, he graduated from the Law Institute. He is married and has a son.

3rd place - Dmitry Malyshko

The young biathlete was born in the Leningrad region, began to engage in biathlon at the age of 8. The path to world competition was twisted: after junior competitions Dmitry left the sport for a while.

Starts in 2009 on the international adult scene. Since then, Dmitry has been able to reach great heights: he got into the Russian national team, became a medalist of the Olympics, European Championship, multiple medalist in the World Cup competition, and also graduated from university, got married and gave birth to a son.

2nd place - Igor Akinfeev

Igor, like Vyacheslav Malafeev, is a football goalkeeper who has never changed the club, since childhood he is firmly connected with CSKA and remains faithful to him to this day.

Igor's track record includes many achievements: the championship of Russia, the cups of Russia, the UEFA Cup, the winner of the European Championship, the owner of many prizes, awards and titles. In addition, he graduated from the university, is engaged in social activities, is married and has two children.

1st place - Marat Safin

A famous tennis player who is noted in the ratings of the sexiest athletes in the world. The parents helped me to come to this sport: my mother is a famous athlete and tennis coach, my father was on the management team of the society “Spartacus". Studied at the tennis academy. In 2000 and 2005, he became the first at the Grand Slam tournament, in 2002 and in 2006 he won the Davis Cup, 17 times was the winner of the Professional Tennis Association tournaments.

Although Marat retired in 2009, he still plays in veteran matches, takes an active political position, and in 2016 became the first Russian member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.