Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a retired Kazakhstani sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Is a retired Kazakhstani sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Is a Russian short track speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics

Is a Russian short track speed skater who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics and for Russia in the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1992 she was a member of the relay team for the Unified Team which won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre re

Was a professional football player and manager. During his career he played for clubs such as FC Zen

Was a professional football player and manager. During his career he played for clubs such as FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and PFC CSKA Moscow. He earned 3 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.

A Latvian-American chess master.Viktors Pupols first played in a Washington State Championship tourn

A Latvian-American chess master.Viktors Pupols first played in a Washington State Championship tournament in 1954. He has played in most of the tournaments since, winning outright in 1961, 1974, and 1989, and tying for first in 1978. He won the tournament

Is a football striker from Latvia. His current club is FK Daugava Daugavpils.

Is a football striker from Latvia. His current club is FK Daugava Daugavpils.

Is a professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pitts

Is a professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He currently plays for the HYS The Hague . He has three daughters: Lisa, Kristina, and Sonja. Lisa and Kristina were born in America.

Is a Latvian footballer currently playing for FK Vindava Ventspils.

Is a Latvian footballer currently playing for FK Vindava Ventspils.

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is Bulgarian CSKA Sofia. Morozs is currently

Is a football midfielder from Latvia. His current club is Bulgarian CSKA Sofia. Morozs is currently playing for Latvia national football team. With Latvia he played at UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal. Morozs made his debut for Latvia in match again Azerbaijan on 6 July 2002.

Is a Latvian football coach and former footballer.Nesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football

Is a Latvian football coach and former footballer.Nesterenko was born in Ukraine and played football there with the reserves of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. At the age of Nesterenko was invited to move to Riga, Latvia, for studies. In 1971, Nesterenko joined Elektrons Riga and played for the youth squad of Daugava Riga. He spent the entire 1972 season in the Latvian league with Elektrons, but in 1973 when Daugava Riga was in a desperate need for a scoring forward, Nesterenko was offered a position with Daugava. In the first season, he made 5 appearances and scored 5 goals.

Is a Latvian weightlifter and a three-time Olympian for his native country. In the 2004 Summer Olymp

Is a Latvian weightlifter and a three-time Olympian for his native country. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the over 105 kg weight category, with the total result of 455 kg (205 kg in snatch and 250kg in clean and jerk).

Is a French football player of Laotian origin who is currently playing as for Ligue 2 side RC Strasb

Is a French football player of Laotian origin who is currently playing as for Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg.[4] Ketkeophomphone began his 2006 career on youthside for RC Strasbourg and was in summer 2008 promoted to the reserve team.[5] He made his debut against SC Bastia on 01 December 2009 in the Ligue 2[6] and played in the game 44 minutes.[7]

Is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer. As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age

Is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer. As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle. She also swam at the 2008 Olympics. Previously, in 2003, she competed in the 2003 World Cha

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark natio

Was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national football team Wolfhagen played his entire career with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), with whom he won several Danish football championships.

Was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in t

Was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, in the 1920 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played for Odense Boldklub. He played five games fo

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played for Odense Boldklub. He played five games for the Denmark national football team.

Was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1924

Was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Danish boat Bonzo in the 6 metre class event.Four years later he won his second silver medal, this time as part of the Danish boat Hi-Hi in the 6 metre class competition.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.

Was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal i

Was a Finnish triple jumper and long jumper, who was born in Tampere. He won an Olympic gold medal in triple jump in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.The 14.50 meter jumps he took during qualifying were counted during the main event and were enough for the win. Tuulos also won bronze in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. In long jump, his best result was a fourth place in the 1924 Olympics.

Was a Finnish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member o

Was a Finnish road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member of the Finnish cycling team which finished fifth in the team time trial event. In the individual time trial competition he finished 21st.

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.He received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the

Was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist.He received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1]

Is a Finnish football player, who mostly plays as defensive midfielder. Savolainen currently represe

Is a Finnish football player, who mostly plays as defensive midfielder. Savolainen currently represents Tampere United of Veikkausliiga. He started playing football for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi when he was five years old and made his debut for the senior

Is a Slovak football player. He played on the position of left defender.On the club level he played

Is a Slovak football player. He played on the position of left defender.On the club level he played for BZ Ružomberok, ZVL Zilina, Dukla Banska Bystrica and Czech club Baník Ostrava. In the 1991-92 season he played for Toulouse FC. Before retiring he played for MFK Ružomberok, where he currently works as manager's assistant.

Was a former Slovak football goalkeeper. He received 39 caps for Czechoslovakia.He was a participant

Was a former Slovak football goalkeeper. He received 39 caps for Czechoslovakia.He was a participant at the three consecutive World Cups 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1958 FIFA World Cup and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia surprised the world and went through to the final, losing to champions Brazil. The success of Czechoslovakia was largely attributed to Schrojf's superb performance.

Widely known as Willie O, earned 41 caps for the Australian rugby union side from 1990 to 1998 and p

Widely known as Willie O, earned 41 caps for the Australian rugby union side from 1990 to 1998 and played in the World Cups of 1991 and 1995 as well as the World Cup Sevens in 1993. Ofahengaue played for New Zealand Schoolboys in 1988 and participated in

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Wi

Was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.