Golf?

No this sport that some would argue is not a sport doesn't require a level of physical fitness in any way, some would argue it is only a game. His Father was a Russian Jew and died when the man in question was only 7 his Mother was Armenian and with the families consent changed his family name to his mothers family name (or very close to it) to avoid possible antisemitic tensions, which were common in the USSR at the time. His chosen "sport" has long been popular in Russia.

EDIT: No, hufnpuf it is not Seve Ballasteros.

-- Edited by sandman55 on Wednesday 14th of October 2020 06:47:04 PM

Relax-n wrote:

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Chess.

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 You've got the "Sport" right now who is the man

hufnpuf wrote:

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The only russian (I think russian) chess playing man that I can think of is Boris Spassky, but I have no clue what he looks/looked like.

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 No you've got the wrong Russian you will have to talk to Google

You've got him Sheba over to you for a pic.

First of all is Chess a sport? In my opinion not really but "The International Olympic Committee has recognized chess as a sport. While this acknowledgement falls shy of recognition as an "Olympic Sport" which would merit inclusion in the Games, it is an acknowledgement of the sport-like properties inherent in chess." here is the link https://www.chess.com/article/view/is-chess-a-sport

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: , Russian pronunciation: [ar kimvt ksparf]; born Garik Kimovich Weinstein,^[3] 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, Kasparov was ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months and 255 months overall for his career. His peak rating of 2851,^[4] achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. Kasparov also holds records for consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11).

Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985 at age 22 by defeating then-champion Anatoly Karpov.^[5] He held the official FIDE world title until 1993, when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up a rival organization, the Professional Chess Association.^[6] In 1997 he became the first world champion to lose a match to a computer under standard time controls, when he lost to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in a highly publicized match. He continued to hold the "Classical" World Chess Championship until his defeat by Vladimir Kramnik in 2000. In spite of losing the title, he continued winning tournaments and was the world's highest-rated player when he retired from professional chess in 2005.

After Kasparov retired, he devoted his time to politics and writing. He formed the United Civil Front movement, and joined as a member of The Other Russia, a coalition opposing the administration and policies of Vladimir Putin. In 2008, he announced an intention to run as a candidate in that year's Russian presidential race, but failure to find a sufficiently large rental space to assemble the number of supporters that is legally required to endorse such a candidacy led him to withdraw. Kasparov blamed "official obstruction" for the lack of available space.^[7] He is widely regarded in the West as a symbol of opposition to Putin,^[8] and he was barred from the presidential ballot^[7] as the political climate in Russia makes it difficult for opposition candidates to organize.^[9][10]

Kasparov is currently chairman for the Human Rights Foundation and chairs its International Council. In 2017, he founded the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI), an American political organization promoting and defending liberal democracy in the U.S. and abroad. He also serves as chairman of the group. Kasparov currently lives in New York City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Kasparov

Too easy. I've had a go I'll see if someone else gets it.

Jane Fonda

I'm interested but I just had a turn before.

I don't have a photo lined up, and I'm really tired so I'm going to put the computer away. If nobody comes in tonight, I'll have a post in the morning. cheers.

You just definitely described her Sandy.  We'll have to see who names her first now, won't we ?

I won't be back 'till Sunday morning, so whoever names her first, can do the Bio, otherwise too much time will be wasted.

-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 17th of October 2020 12:53:14 AM

OK we'll keep the game going Who is this guy and if you could see his hands you would see he has green fingers

You've got him hufnpuf, over to you for a pic.

Peter Joseph Cundall, AM (born 1 April 1927) is an English-born Australian horticulturalist, conservationist, author, broadcaster and television personality. He currently lives in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, and until the age of 81 continued to be a presenter of the ABC TV program Gardening Australia. His last show aired on 26 July 2008. He will continue his radio show from Tasmania, his appearances at the Gardening Australia Expos and continue work on his autobiography. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2007 "For service to the environment, particularly the protection of wilderness areas in Tasmania, and to horticulture as a presenter of gardening programs on television and radio."^[1]

Cundall has become a household name to Australian gardeners. The TV show and magazine Gardening Australia Cundall represents has a devoted audience of both younger and older gardeners and admirers. At Gardening Australia Live shows (gardening exhibitions in Australian capital cities) Peter Cundall's presentations attract many viewers. In a 2008 issue of Reader's Digest, he came 8th in a poll of the 100 most trusted Australians.^[2][3] He is an environmentalist and pacifist.

Early life and military service

Cundall was born into an impoverished home, "the poorest of the poor", in Manchester, England on 1 April 1927, as the second of six children. Two of his brothers died when he was young. His father was an alcoholic and battered his mother. This put Cundall off alcohol forever.^[4] He was sent to a Catholic school, but never believed the dogma he was taught.^[5] His Head Teacher called him a "steady lad who tries hard".^[4] He left school at age 12 after only three years of formal education, but straight away had a love for knowledge, books and reading.^[4][6] He worked as a milk boy and a tram conductor. Near the end of World War II, Cundall joined the British Army's Parachute Regiment. He was stationed in various countries in post-war Europe in France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Yugoslavia and the Middle East in Egypt and the British Mandate for Palestine. During these travels he visited many private and public gardens and parks in order to add to his knowledge of plants and landscaping practices covering a wide range of climatic conditions.^[5][7][8] He was also stationed at a liberated concentration camp and has said that the things he saw and heard had a deep impact on him.^[4]

In 1946, Cundall was stationed in south-east Austria at Sankt Paul im Lavanttal where he was guarding captured Nazi Waffen-SS troops. He was enticed across the border into Yugoslavia by a beautiful girl named Angela, and was arrested by Marshal Tito's forces after she disappeared. He was sentenced (without trial) to four years' imprisonment for espionage, but was released into Trieste, Italy after six months in solitary confinement in a prison in Ljubljana, after pressure from the British government led to his release.^[5]

Eager to hasten his emigration to Australia, Cundall enlisted in the Australian Army in 1950, believing that he was enlisting for a non-combat role as a librarian. He was immediately posted to Korea, however, with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and once again saw action overseas as a machine gunner during the Korean War.^[9] During a year-and-a-half based in Japan he studied Japanese garden design and rock garden construction. He also gained access to many famous gardens and bonsai nurseries and regularly went to observe new gardens being created in Hiroshima, which was being rebuilt after the atomic bombing in 1945.^[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cundall

Looks like a young Gough Whitlam.

.  Didn't take you long hufnpuf. .

 

Robert Montgomery.   [ Elizabeths'  father.]

-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 18th of October 2020 05:44:05 PM