Famous Olympic Champions Evgeny Plushcenko Country: Russia Sport: figure skating Started doing sport: 4 years old Won the first medal: 1998 in Russia First medal was bronze Yulia Chepalova Country: Russia Sport: skiing Started doing sport: 6 years old Won the first medal: 1997 in Russia First medal was gold Yana Klochkova Country: Ukraine Sport: swimmimg Started doing sport: 5 years old Won the first medal: 1996 in Denmark First medal was silver Andrei Kirilenko Country: Russia Sport: basketball Started doing sport: 5 years old Won the first medal: 2007 in the USA First medal was gold Evgeny Dementiev Country: Russia Sport: biathlon Started doing sport: 6 years old Won the first medal: 2006 in Italy First medal was silver