7 Olympic champions ready to compete for Russia at Baku 2015

The Russians can expect to compete for medals in a number of sports at the Baku 2015 European Games, especially those in which they have Olympic gold medallists competing.

Shooter Alexei Alipov is a two-time gold medallist, winning Men's Trap at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Paddlers Alexander Dyachenko and Yury Postrigay teamed up to capture K2 200m gold at London 2012.

Artistic gymnast Aliya Mustafina won the London 2012 Uneven Bars title while also picking up a team silver medal and winning All-Around and Floor bronze medals.

The Russian Fencing team will be paced by Anna Sivkova, the Team Épée gold medallist from Athens 2004 and a three-time Team world champion.

Two Russian Freestyle wrestlers will have the experience of winning Olympic gold to call upon at Baku 2015. Khadjimurat Gatsalov won a gold medal in the 96kg weight category at Athens 2004 while Natalia Vorobieva picked up 72kg gold at London 2012.

Here is the full Russian team for Baku 2015:

Archery: Alexander Kojir, Bair Tsibekdorjiev, Beligto Tsinguev, Inna Stepanova, Kristina Timofeeva, Natalia Erdinieva

Badminton: Vladimir Ivanov, Vladimir Malkov, Ivan Sozonov, Ekaterina Bolotova, Nina Vislova, Еvgenia Dimova, Еvgenia Kosechkaya, Natalia Perminova, Ksenia Polikarpova

Basketball 3х3: Ilya Alexandrov, Andrei Kanigin, Leopold Lagutin, Alexandr Pavlov, Anna Leshkovtseva, Anastasia Logunova, Tatyana Petrushina, Maria Cherepanova

Beach Soccer: Andrei Bukhlitskiy, Yuri Gorchinskiy, Yuriy Krasheninnikov, Ilya Leonov, Aleksey Makarov, Artur Paparotniy, Anatoliy Peremitin, Kirill Romanov, Maksim Chujkov, Egor Shaykov, Dmitriy Shishin, Аnton Shkarin

Beach Volleyball: Dmitriy Barsuk, Yury Bogatov, Ruslan Bikanov, Sergey Prokopev, Yulia Abalakina, Ksenia Dabija, Maria Prokopeva, Ekaterina Sirtseva

Boxing: Alexander Besputin, Constantin Boqomazov, Vasiliy Vetkin, Gasan Gimbatov, Maxim Dadashev, Maxim Koptyakov, Sadam Magomedov, Bakhtovar Nazirov, Bator Salaguev, Pavel Silyagin, Sayana Sagataeva, Еlena Savelyeva, Zinaida Dobrinina, Anastasia Belyakova, Yaraslava Yakushina

Canoe Sprint: Vladislav Blintsov, Alexander Dyachenko, Oleg Jestkov, Alexei Korovashkov, Andrei Kraytor, Evgeni Lukantsov, Kirill Luchkin, Ilya Pervukhin, Vasili Pogreban, Yury Postrigay, Anton Ryakhov, Alexandr Sergeev, Nikolai Chervov, Elena Anyushina, Natalia Podolskaya, Yuliana Salakhova, Vera Sobetova, Kira Stepanova, Svetlana Chernigovskaya

Cycling ВМХ: Alexander Katishev, Evgeny Kleshenko, Evgeny Komarov, Natalia Suvorova

Cycling Mountain Bike: Anton Singov, Ekaterina Anoshina

Cycling Road Race: Anton Vorobyov, Ilnur Zakarin, Sergey Lagutin, Yuri Trofimov, Alexey Tsatevich, Sergey Chernechki, Natalia Boyarskaya, Svetlana Vasileva, Oksana Kozonchuk, Elena Kuchinskaya, Anastasia Yakovenko

Diving: Alexander Belevchev, Boris Efremov, Maxim Lebedev, Ilya Molchanov, Nikita Nikolaev, Nikita Shleikher, Ekaterina Nekrasova, Maria Polyakova, Yuliya Timoshinina, Ekaterina Ukolova, Elena Chernikh, Anna Chuynisheva

Fencing: Timur Arslanov, Sergey Bida, Anton Glebko, Dmitri Gusev, Dmitri Jerebchenko, Ilya Motorin, Nikita Proskura, Boris Savich, Timur Safin, Alexander Trushakov, Alexei Khovansky, Sergey Khodos, Yana Alborova, Tatyana Andryushina, Adelina Zagidullina, Yana Zvereva, Anastasia Ivanova, Viktoria Kovalyova, Olga Kochneva, Yana Obintseva, Maria Ridel, Anna Sivkova, Tatyana Sukhova, Diana Yakovleva

Acrobatic Gymnastics: Georgiy Pataraya, Valeriya Belkina, Yuliya Nikitina, Janna Parkhomets, Marina Chernova

Aerobic Gymnastics: Garsevan Djanazyan, Ruslan Zubairov, Roman Semyonov, Denis Solovyov, Dukhik Djanazyan

Artistic Gymnastics: David Belyavski, Nikita Ignatev, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Aliya Mustafina, Victoria Komova, Evgenia Shelgunova.

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Yana Kudryavtseva, Margarita Mamun, Vera Biryukova, Darya Kleshyova, Anastasia Maximova, Sofia Skomorokh, Anastasia Tatareva, Maria Tolkachyova

Judo: Kirill Voprosov, Kirill Denisov, Beslan Mudranov, Ivan Nifontov, Mikhail Pulyaev, Renat Saidov, Kamal Khan-Magomedov, Alan Khubetsov, Denis Yartsev, Irina Gazieva, Anastasia Dmitreva, Irna Dolgova, Irina Zabludina, Natalia Kuzyutina, Marta Labazina, Kristina Rumchntseva, Yulia Rijova, Ksenia Chibisova

Blind Judo: Abdula Kuramagomedov, Alexander Parasyuk, Natalia Ovchinnikova

Karate: Evgeniy Plakhutin, Ivanna Zaycheva

Sambo: Aymergen Atkunov, Artyom Osipenko, Azamat Sidakov, Alsim Chernoskulov, Svetlana Burtseva, Olga Zakhartsova, Anna Kharitonova, Anna Sherbakova

Shooting: Fyodor Vlasov, Vladimir Goncharov, Anton Guryanov, Leonid Ekimov, Vladimir Isakov, Sergey Kamenski, Alexei Klimov, Sergey Kruglov, Nazar Luginets, Sergey Chervyakovski, Yulia Alipova, Darya Vdovina, Anna Jukova, Yulia Karimova, Ekaterina Korshunova, Olga Kuznetsova, Anna Mastyanina, Polina Khorosheva

Shooting (Trap): Alexei Alipov, Alexander Zemlin, Denis Zotov, Vasili Mosin, Vitali Fokeev, Valeri Shomin, Tatyana Barsuk, Anastasia Krakhmalyova, Elena Tkach, Albina Shakirova.

Swimming: Daniil Antipov, Igor Baliberdin, Alexei Bryanskiy, Mikhail Vekovishev, Arkadiy Grigorev, George Gutmann, Evgeniy Drobotov, Ilya Drujinin, Vladislav Kozlov, Roman Larin, Ernest Maxumov, Kirill Mordashev, Emil Mukhametzyanov, Daniil Pakhomov, Alexander Prokofev, Nokolay Sokolov, Elisey Stepanov, Sergey Sudakov, Egor Suchkov, Kirill Titov, Anton Chupkov, Igor Shadrin, Roman Shevlyakov, Filipp Shopin, Maria Astashkina, Vasilisa Buynaya, Polina Egorova, Maria Kameneva, Anastasia Kirpichnikova, Irina Krivonogova, Arina Opyonisheva, Maryana Petrova, Olesya Chernyatina, Alexandra Chechokova, Darya Chikunova

Sychronised Swimming: Anastasia Arkhipovskaya, Mayya Gurbanberdieva, Veronika Kalinina, Darya Kulagina, Anna Larkina, Anisiya Neborako, Maria Nemchinova, Elizaveta Ovchinnikova, Maria Salmina, Valeriya Filenkova

Table Tennis: Alexander Shibaev, Kirill Skachkov, Alexei Liventsov, Yana Noskova, Anna Tikhomirova, Polina Mikhailova

Taekwondo: Albert Gaun, Alexei Denisenko, Roman Irgaliev, Vladislav Larin, Anastasia Barishnikova, Olga Ivanova, Ekaterina Kim, Alexandra Lichagina

Trampoline: Mikhail Melnik, Dmitriy Ushakov, Yana Pavlova, Anna Kornetskaya

Triathlon: Alexander Bryukhankov, Igor Polyanski, Dmitriy Polyanskiy, Anastasia Abrosimova, Elena Danilova, Alexandra Razarenova

Volleyball: Sergey Antipkin, Ilya Vlasov, Dmitriy Volkov, Maxim Jigalov, Alexey Kabeshov, Аntоn Karpuhkov, Alexander Kimerov, Egor Klyuka, Dmitriy Kovalyov, Alexander Markin, Roman Martinyuk, Pavel Moroz, Artem Smolyar, Igor Filippov, Anastasia Bavikina, Irina Voronkova, Irina Zaryajko, Elena Irisova, Darya Isaeva, Kseniya Kravchenko, Irina Malkova, Anna Matienko, Olesya Nikolaeva, Darya Pisarenko, Yuliya Podskalnaya, Ekaterina Romanenko, Darya Talisheva, Irina Filishtinskaya

Water Polo: Vladimir Andreev, Maxim Gmirya, Arseniy Egorov, Emil Zinnurov, Nikita Krug, Victor Kuleshov, Bogdan Melentev, Daniil Pronin, Farkhad Salimov, Nikita Saratov, Vladislav Usov, Timur Shaikhutdinov, Constantin Sheykin, Maria Bersneva, Darya Gerzanich, Evgenia Golovina, Еlizaveta Zaplatina, Alexandra Zelenkovskaya, Anna Isakova, Polina Kempf, Elena Kotanchyan, Polina Popova, Alena Serjantova, Svetlana Stepakhina, Anastasia Fedotova, Bella Khamzaeva

Wrestling Freestyle: Ilyas Bekbulatov, Alexander Bogomoev, Abdusalam Gadisov, Magomedrasul Gasimagomedov, Khadjimurat Gachalov, Aniuar Geduev, Victor Lebedev, Abdulrashid Sadulaev, Yulia Alborov, Ekaterina Bukina, Natalia Vorobyova, Elena Vostrikova, Svetlana Lipatova, Natalia Malisheva, Irina Ologonova, Inna Trajukova

Wrestling Greco-Roman: Yuriy Denisov, Chingiz Labazanov, Islam Magomedov, Stepan Maryanyan, Evgeny Saleev, Sergey Semyonov, Artem Surkov, Davit Chakvetadze