Dr.Hab., Professor Sh.Z. Khubbiev¹
PhD, Professor B.A. Mikhailov¹
Associate Professor S.М. Lukina¹
PhD, Associate Professor L.V. Yarchikovskaya¹
Dr.Hab., Professor Yu.Ya. Lobanov^2
1St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg
²Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg

The study underlines the high role of sports for the education and professional service; substantiates the concept of the athletic training and academic learning processes synergy at a classical university; and spells out the facilitating academic provisions for the learning and sporting process synergy. The concept is supported by a list of the LSU/ SPSU graduates for the period of 1945-2000 who made successful research careers, were qualified Doctors of Science and acknowledged their academic sport practices as facilitating for their research accomplishments. The historical data analysis demonstrates the connections of the sport qualifications of the future Doctors with their research interests. The study also lists the SPSU athletes and champions who made successful careers as politicians and civil officers.

Keywords: education, sports, classical university, athlete, Doctor of Science, politicians and civil officers.

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