Miikka Kiprusoff

He was chosen to play for Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino but declined, citing a nagging hip injury as the reason why he isn't going to play. 2005. Miikka followed up his outstanding Stanley Cup performance with another excellent performance on behalf of Team Finland in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey tournament, where he backstopped the Finnish squad to a silver medal, losing in the gold medal final to Team Canada. 2004. He has recently re-signed with the Calgary Flames for 3 years at $10M total/$3.334M per year (USD). 2003. The game finished 4-0 and Kiprusoff stopped all of the twenty shots he faced, and was named the first star of the game. Henin-Hardenne went on to lose in the final of the Australian Open to Amelie Mauresmo, retiring due to a stomach ailement.

He earned his first playoff shutout on April 13th, 2004 at the Pengrowth Saddledome, blanking the Vancouver Canucks. That streak was broken in January 2006, when Sharapova lost in the Australian Open semi-final to Justine Henin-Hardenne. He proceeded on an incredible playoff run, during which he had five more shutouts, helping the Flames to win the Western Conference championship en route to a narrow defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. Her loss in the semifinal of the 2005 US Open against Kim Clijsters marked the fourth time that season that she lost at a Grand Slam tournament against the eventual champion: Australian Open-SF-Serena Williams, French Open-QF-Justine Henin-Hardenne, Wimbledon-SF-Venus Williams, US Open-SF-Kim Clijsters. Kiprusoff's outstanding goaltending, for which he was nominated for the Vezina Trophy, was instrumental in the Flames' qualifying for the playoffs. 1 ranking again on September 12, 2005 despite losing in the Semi-finals of the US Open. After spending three years as a reserve goalie with the Sharks, he was traded in 2003 to the Calgary Flames and immediately went on a roll, posting four shutouts and ending the regular season with a goals-against average of 1.69, the lowest all-time among all NHL goalies, though he played in too few total games (only 38, less than half of the 82-game NHL season) to qualify for the record books. Sharapova rose to the No.

He also played in the Swedish Elitserien before he made his NHL debut in 2000 with the San Jose Sharks after being drafted 116th overall in the 5th round at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. Sharapova's reign was short-lived, lasting only a week after Davenport re-ascended after winning the New Haven title. Miikka Kiprusoff won the SM-liiga gold medal in 1995 and 1999 in TPS as a goalie, and won the Urpo Ylönen trophy for best goaltender in 1999. 1 ranking on August 22, 2005. . Sharapova was also suffering from an injury and did not complete a tournament during the season, but she had fewer points to defend and therefore rose to the No. He has also played in the NHL. Because of this, she lost valuable ranking points.

Miikka's older brother, Marko Kiprusoff, is currently a defenseman for TPS. However, a back injury that Davenport sustained in the Wimbledon final meant that she could not defend her titles won during the US hard court season of 2004. His nickname is Kipper. 1 ranking, with Lindsay Davenport, who lost a historic match to Venus Williams in the 2005 Wimbledon final, holding firm. Miikka Kiprusoff (born October 26, 1976 in Turku, Finland) is a professional ice hockey goaltender. Sharapova's streak on grass was ended, as was her quest for the No. 2004 - Won silver medal with Finland at the World Cup of Hockey. However, she dropped her first set of the tournament against a rejuvenated Venus Williams and lost the match 6-7 1-6 in one of the most thrilling and masterful displays of power and accuracy seen in the women's game.

2001 - Represented Finland at the World Championships. Defending her Wimbledon title in 2005 proved to be a simple enough task at first, with Sharapova sailing through to the semi-finals with ease without losing a set. 1998 - Represented Finland at the World Championships. A significant portion of this amount came from endorsements. In June 2005, Forbes magazine listed Sharapova as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, with annual earnings of $18 million. In April 2005, Sharapova was listed by People Magazine as among the 50 most beautiful celebrities in the world.

and promotes both their cameras and office products. In November 2004, Sharapova signed a deal to represent Canon Inc. Sharapova's huge success continued after winning Wimbledon, with a victory at the WTA Season-Ending Championships and consistent results. From June 2004 until her Wimbledon semi-final appearance in 2005, Sharapova had a 22-match winning streak on grass, including back-to-back Birmingham titles and the Wimbledon crown.

However, Sharapova, Bollettieri, and Kournikova all reject the comparison. She is often compared to Anna Kournikova, also a Russian Bollettieri student and model. However, she says she does not want to overdo these activities, preferring to focus on her tennis. She enjoys fashion and is known to read celebrity magazines.

and growing blonde, Sharapova is regarded by many as possessing a natural beauty and figure and has done some modeling in November 2003 with IMG Models. A 6 ft 2 in. Maria Sharapova uses the Prince Shark Racket and consequently the popularity of the racket has gone through the roof. She also became the first Russian ever to win that tournament.

In 2004, Sharapova became the second youngest Wimbledon women's champion in the Open Era (after Martina Hingis) by defeating defending two-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets (6-1, 6-4). At age five or six, at a tennis clinic in Moscow, Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to get her serious coaching in the United States. At the age of three, Sharapova moved with her family to the resort town of Sochi, beginning to play tennis at the age of four, using a racquet given to her by Yevgeny Kafelnikov's father. .

While having Belorussian roots and residing in the USA, Sharapova holds Russian citizenship. Sharapova was born in Nyagan, Russia, the following year. Her parents are originally from Homiel, Belarus, but moved to Russia in 1986 in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. 4.

1 Russian professional tennis player, and currently World No. Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова; born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 42. New Straits Times, p.