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Anna Kournikova
Birth Place:
Moscow, Russia
Date of Birth: June 7th, 1981
Famous for: Tennis megastar, yet to win a major
tournament.
Residence: Miami, South Beach, Florida
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Welcome to The Anna Kournikova Picture Pages.
Anna Kournikova was five when she started playing tennis
in a club in Moscow. Unlike children of other ambitious
parents, Anna wasn´t forced to do anything; Alla and
Sergei (a Greco-Roman wrestler) didn´t know anything
about tennis and they just wanted her to play for health
reasons. But her talent for tennis was discovered early
in a children's sports program. From this moment it was
clear that Anna had the skills to reach the top.
Their financial situation in Russia in the early 80s
forced the Kournikova´s to sell their TV set to buy Anna
a tennis racket! Hard to imagine when you look on Anna´s
current earnings with sponsors and prize money.
Though she spends most of her time in the US now, she
still doesn´t deny her origin. The truth is, however,
that many people in Russia are not so fond of her. One
example - a radio interview in Russia underlined the
fact that Anna said she felt more like an American!
Who is the most popular sports figure on the internet?
You guessed it - Anna Kournikova! For two straight
years, Anna has been named the most searched athlete
online both by Lycos and Yahoo, two of the largest
search engines on the web! She even received a trophy in
2000 at the Official Lycos web awards to confirm her
supremacy!
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