Famous People with Name Yuriy

Yuriy Nuzhnenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Yuriy Nuzhnenko: is a Ukrainian boxer who captured the vacant WBA Interim Welterweight belt on December 8, 2007 in Le Cannet, France against Frédéric Klose of France by twelve-round unanimous decision.

Yuriy Voronkin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuriy Voronkin: is a Russian hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.69 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Tula.

Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Yuriy Georgiyevich Sedykh: is a retired Soviet/Ukrainian athlete who represented the USSR, specialising in the hammer throw. He set the current world record of 86.74 m. at the 1986 European championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Only two other throwers in the history of the sport hav

Yuriy Melnichenko            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuriy Melnichenko: is an Kazakhstani wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight (52–57 kg) category.

Yuriy Aleksandrovic Kunakov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuriy Aleksandrovic Kunakov: is a Russian diver who won the silver medal in the 3 m spring synchro along with Dmitri Sautin in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.