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Australians of Russian Descent: Alexander Prokhorov, Kostya Tszyu, Kate Alexa, Daria Joura, Alex Jesaulenko, Tatiana Grigorieva |
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Paperback |
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108 |
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2010-09-15 |
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115569175X |
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Books LLC |
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0.37 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.24 inches |
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Chapters: Alexander Prokhorov, Kostya Tszyu, Kate Alexa, Daria Joura, Alex Jesaulenko, Tatiana Grigorieva, Michael Gudinski, Rene Rivkin, Jonathan Guerreiro, George Washington Lambert, Ian Rubin, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Jennie George, Henry Harris, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov, Irina Lashko, Steve Abbott, Ios Teper, Sam Obst, Alex Popov, Viktor Chistiakov, Tania Verstak, Fyodor Sergeyev, Vladimir Verbitsky, Evdokia Petrova, John Gastev, Shannan Mcpherson, Robert Campbell, Oleg Sushkov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 107. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu (Russian: ; English pronunciation: ) (born September 19, 1969) is a semi-retired Russian-born Australian boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent. He holds both Russian and Australian citizenship and is a four time world Junior Welterweight champion, including a period of time as the Undisputed Junior Welterweight Champion. As the son of his Korean and Mongol descent father, a fitter in a metal factory, and his Russian mother, a nurse, Tszyu was born in Serov, a town near the Ural Mountains, in the former Soviet Union. Tszyu was the first champion to unify the junior welterweight division in over 30 years. He is considered by many in Australia to be a national sports hero. Hyperactive as a child, and his father decided to take him to a boxing gym, where he would channel that energy by fighting older boys. He impressed Russia's amateur team coaches and he was sent to the Soviet Union's amateur boxing travelling training camps, where he was able to visit more than 30 countries while training and fighting in tournaments. He trained with that group 250 days a year, and won various tournaments, such as amateur boxing's world championships. He also participated in the 1988 Olympic Games. At the Cuban w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=160395
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