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At the head of the supervisory board of the Russian Boxing Federation, there are businessmen Vitaly Mashchitsky and Yevgeny Murov. Financing of this sport is reflected in the Olympic indices - at the summer Olympics in London Russian boxers won one gold medal, two silver and two bronze medals.

The Federation of Cycling in Russia is under the auspices of Igor Makarov, who occupies the 42nd place of the domestic Forbes list. At the past Olympic Games, our cyclists won two bronze medals. In Rio de Janeiro, athletes improved their performance, earning for the Russian national team two silver medals and one bronze medal.

Russian swimmers are supervised by statesmen Sergei Naryshkin and Denis Manturov, as well as businessmen Oleg Deripaska and Dmitry Mazepin. This year, athletes repeated the results of the London Olympics - in the piggy bank of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, there are two silver and two bronze medals.

Volleyball players are supported by seven well-known businessmen and officials: Nikolay Patrushev, Igor Sechin, Andrei Kostin, Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Gutseriev, Marat Khusnulin, and Andrei Bokarev. From London, volleyball players brought one gold medal. In Rio de Janeiro, success turned away from the women's team, on which special hopes were placed - the girls could not make it to the finals.

One of the strongest Olympic sports of the Russian Federation - rhythmic gymnastics - is supervised by businessman Andrei Guriev, as well as Mikhail Kusnirovich, Lev Kvetny, and Ivan Tavrin. At the last Olympics, gymnasts brought Russia two gold and one silver medals.

Judo is another successful Olympic sport for Russia. Domestic judokas are financially supported by Arkady Rothenberg, Boris Rotenberg and Vasily Anisimov. At the last Olympics athletes brought to Russia a full set of medals: three gold, one silver and one bronze. In Rio, wrestlers have won two gold medals and one bronze medal.

The Russian Tennis Federation is supported by Andrei Bokarev and Alexander Svetakov. The Russians are not really strong in individual games, but tennis players from Russia are able to play perfectly in a pair - at the Olympics in Rio Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova won a gold medal for the national team.