Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism is a university in Moscow, founded in 1918.Names
- 1918 - Moscow State University of Physical Education
- 1920 - State Central Institute of Physical Education
- 1934 - State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Education
- 1937 - State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Education "Marshal Joseph Stalin"
- 1961 - State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Education
- 1993 - Russian State Academy of Physical Education
- 2001 - Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism
Sports
Many graduates are European, World, Olympic and Paralympic champions:
- Athletics: Valery Brumel, Svetlana Kriveleva, Natalia Lisovskaya, Pyotr Bolotnikov
- Biathlon: Olga Zaitseva, Anfisa Reztsova
- Bobsleigh: Alexey Negodaylo
- Chess: Yuri Balashov, Viktor Bologan
- Cycling: Yuri Kashirin
- Diving: Elena Vaytsekhovskaya
- Fencing: Sergey Sharikov, Aleksey Frosin, David Tyshler
- Figure skating: Irina Rodnina, Andrey Bukin, Natalia Bestemianova, Anna Semenovich, Irina Slutskaya, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Sergei Grinkov, Maria Butyrskaya, Gennady Karponosov, Irina Moiseeva
- Football: Lev Yashin, Dmitri Sychev, Devidas Shemberas
- Judo: Dmitriy Nosov
- Hockey: Aleksey Morozov, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Bure, Valery Kharlamov,
- Rowing: Alexander Timoshinin
- Skiing: Olga Zavyalova
- Speed skating: Oleg Goncharenko, Svetlana Zhurova
- Synchronized swimming: Olga Brusnikina
- Wrestling: Boris Gurevich, Nikolai Balboshin
- Weightlifting: Aleksey Sidorovich Medvedev, David Adamovich Rigert
Other
- Andrey Guryev, billionaire, former CEO of PhosAgro
- David Tyshler, Ukrainian/Soviet Olympic bronze medalist fencer
