Zenit (russian: Зенит; meaning
zenith
The zenith (, ) is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere. "Above" means in the vertical direction (plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location (nadir). The zenith is the "highest" ...
) was the
All-Union VSS. The name has been retained after the fall of the Soviet Union and the VSS system, notably by
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...
, which won the
2007
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and
2010 Russian Premier League
The 2010 Russian Premier League was the 19th season of the Russian football championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and ninth under the current Russian Premier League name. The season started on 12 March 2010 and the last matches w ...
seasons, the
2007-08 UEFA Cup, and the
2008 UEFA Super Cup
The 2008 UEFA Super Cup was the 33rd UEFA Super Cup, a football match played between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The 2008 competition was contested by Manchester United of England, who won ...
in
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
.
Notable members
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Yelena Davydova
Yelena Viktorovna Davydova (russian: Еле́на Ви́кторовна Давы́дова; born 7 August 1961) is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual ...
(
artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
)
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Anatoly Mikhailov
Anatoly Arkadyevich Mikhaylov (russian: Анатолий Аркадьевич Михайлов; 14 September 1936 – 13 June 2022) was a Soviet athlete.
He competed mainly in the 110-metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad at Zenit and la ...
(
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
)
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Mariya Pisareva (athletics)
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Tamara Tyshkevich (athletics)
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Galina Zybina (athletics)
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Vladimir Nikitin (
cross-country skiing
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)
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Larisa Selezneva
Larisa Yurievna Selezneva (russian: Лариса Юрьевна Селезнёва; born September 12, 1963 in Leningrad) is a Russian former pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With her husband Oleg Makarov, she is the 1984 Olympic br ...
(
figure skating
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)
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Anatoli Fedyukin
Anatoli Viktorovich Fedyukin (russian: Анатолий Викторович Федюкин; 26 January 1952 in Voronezh Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Федюкин", availablonline/ref> ...
(
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
)
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Lyudmila Titova
Lyudmila Yevgenyevna Titova (russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Титова) (born 26 March 1946) is a retired Russian speed skater.
Short biography
After winning three national titles in 1966, she made her international debut at the ...
(
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...
)
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Vladimir Salnikov
Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Сальников; born 21 May 1960) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union and set 12 world records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 meter ...
(
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
)
See also
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FC Zenit (disambiguation), a number of European football clubs
External links
Sport Flags of the USSR
Multi-sport clubs in Russia
Sport societies in the Soviet Union
1936 establishments in the Soviet Union
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