Who was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly to keep their tournament earnings was Natasha Zvereva or Katarina Srebotnik?
Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva, or Zverava, (born Natallya Maratawna Zverava; Belarusian: Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; 16 April 1971) is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam women's doubles championships than any other team since that of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
Svetlana Koroleva (water polo) Svetlana Viktorovna Korolyova (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Королева ; born September 7, 1973 in Zhambyl) is a water polo player from Kazakhstan, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She finished in 6th and 8th place with the Kazakhstani national team.