Forbes Russia: Ovechkin is 3rd, Sharapova is first

Forbes Russia:

Alexander Ovechkin

Place in the Forbes stars rating: 3

Revenues: $ 12,000,000

Sport: hockey

Season 2009/2010 was not very fortunate for Alexander Ovechkin. At first he suffered a crushing defeat from Canada at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver with the national team of Russia. Then his Washington Capitals team, who was considered the main contender for the Stanley Cup, was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. And at the end the Russian team, which brought All-Stars team to the world hockey championship, lost in the final to the Czech Republic.

The main Russian star according to the latest issue of magazine Forbes is a tennis player Maria Sharapova. She is followed by the singer Alla Pugacheva and in the third place is Alexander Ovechkin.

Forbes made the ratings based on income, mentions in print media, and "Yandex" searches (Russian search engine) in the past year.



This makes Ovechkin Russia’s richest and most famous male celebrity.

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