Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summe

Is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 12th position in the 100m Butterfly, and in ninth place with the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team.

Is a chess grandmaster of Czech nationality. He was one of the world's strongest players during the

Is a chess grandmaster of Czech nationality. He was one of the world's strongest players during the 1960s and 1970s and reached the Candidates stage of competition for the world chess championship, but was never able to compete for the actual title.

Is a Chess Grandmaster from the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia).He learned chess while in h

Is a Chess Grandmaster from the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia).He learned chess while in hospital at the age of eight and at fourteen, became the youth champion of Prague. In 1959, he finished second in the Czechoslovak national junior championship. Academically, he qualified in sports sciences from the Charles University in Prague, before becoming a professional soldier and reaching the rank of captain.

Was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a pa

Was a Czech football player. He played 26 games for Czechoslovakia, scoring eight goals. He was a participant in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.In his country he played for SK Slavia Praha, for which he scored 252 goals. He is the second highest Czech league goalscorer in history, only Josef Bican has scored more goals in the Czech league. Died of heart attack on football pitch.

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer.

Was a Bohemian Olympic fencer.

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finish

Was a Czechoslovakian Nordic skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finished 16th in the Nordic combined event, 29th in the 18 km cross country skiing event, and eighth in the 4 × 10 km cross country skiing relay.Melich competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where he was eight in the 4 × 10 cross country relay and 18th in the Nordic combined, and 1960 Winter Olympics, where he again finished 18th in the Nordic combined event.

Was a Slovak football goalkeeper. He played for FC Spartak Trnava.

Was a Slovak football goalkeeper. He played for FC Spartak Trnava.

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 20th in the K-1 event a

Is a Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 20th in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Is a Czech football coach who worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silv

Is a Czech football coach who worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silver medals of Russian Premier League in 2003 and reaching the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup in 2005/06. Before Zenit he managed Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague.

Is a Croatian and Yugoslavian grandmaster of chess.In 1970, Vlatko Kovacevic tied for 9-11th in Rovi

Is a Croatian and Yugoslavian grandmaster of chess.In 1970, Vlatko Kovacevic tied for 9-11th in Rovinj–Zagreb (Robert James Fischer won), but beat Fischer in their individual game. In 1975, he tied for 2nd-4th in Rovinj–Zagreb (Gyula Sax won). In 1976, he won in Sombor. In 1976, he tied for 1st-3rd in Virovitica. In 1977, he tied for 1st-3rd in Karlovac. In 1979, he won in Zagreb. In 1979, he won in Virovitica. In 1980, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Virovitica.

Is a Macedonian footballer who plays for Super Liga club FK Vojvodina and the Macedonia national tea

Is a Macedonian footballer who plays for Super Liga club FK Vojvodina and the Macedonia national team.He debut for the national team when he was just 18 years old against Oman(December 30,2001). He has scored 3 goals for the national team of Republic of M

Is a Croatian football defender. He made his debut for the Croatia national football team in a frien

Is a Croatian football defender. He made his debut for the Croatia national football team in a friendly match against South Korea on 10 November 2001. He has three international caps to date.

Was a Cuban catcher, coach and interim manager in American Major League Baseball during the first ha

Was a Cuban catcher, coach and interim manager in American Major League Baseball during the first half of the 20th century. Along with Adolfo Luque, Gonzalez was one of the first Cubans or Latin Americans to have a long off-field career in the U.S. major leagues.

Is a former Bulgarian football player and the current manager of PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra. He played as

Is a former Bulgarian football player and the current manager of PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra. He played as a striker. He started playing in 1972 and spent the whole of his career as a player in Levski Sofia until 1981. He played 226 games and scored 36 goals in

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TPS and TuTo.

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TPS and TuTo.

Was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He competed for Finland in the 1956 Summ

Was a Finnish athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He competed for Finland in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 400 metres together with Soviet Ardalion Ignatyev.

Was a Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.He was the best player in the

Was a Montenegrin, Yugoslav international, football player and manager.He was the best player in the history of Montenegro and one of the best forwards in the Yugoslav football during the royal period. He was agreat dribler, fantasyst, strong and with a e

Is a Montenegrin striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Is a Montenegrin striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Born and raised in Subotica , she achieved her highe

Is a Serbian former professional tennis player. Born and raised in Subotica , she achieved her highest career ranking as No. 203 in singles on August 20, 2007, and No. 223 in doubles on October 8, 2008. As of April 6, 2009, Lukic is ranked No. 1093 in sin

Was a Czech football player playing as a forward.He played for the Czechoslovakia national team (9 m

Was a Czech football player playing as a forward.He played for the Czechoslovakia national team (9 matches/5 goals) and was a participant at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Is a former professional tennis player from the former Czechoslovakia. He enjoyed most of his tennis

Is a former professional tennis player from the former Czechoslovakia. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 58 in 1992.

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work with Con

Is a Mexican Luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, best known for his work with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in his native Mexico, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. Volador, Jr.'s real name is not a m

A Latvian chess master.In 1934, he took 8th Latvian Chess Championship in Riga (Fricis Apšenieks an

A Latvian chess master.In 1934, he took 8th Latvian Chess Championship in Riga (Fricis Apšenieks and Vladimirs Petrovs won).[1] He twice represented Latvia in Chess Olympiads: in the 3rd unofficial Olympiad at Munich 1936 (at sixth board, +4 –5 =1), and in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 (at third board, +2 –6 =7).

Was a Latvian football forward and manager, the most notable of four Plade brothers who played for L

Was a Latvian football forward and manager, the most notable of four Plade brothers who played for Latvia national football team.

A Belarusian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.

A Belarusian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.