Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the marathon.Karvonen competed in the men's marathon f

Was a Finnish athlete, who mainly competed in the marathon.Karvonen competed in the men's marathon for Finland at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the bronze medal. Two years earlier he claimed the European title in Bern, Switzerland.

Is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Samobor.

Is a Croatian footballer who plays for NK Samobor.

A Turkish footballer. He plays in midfield for Turkish team Bursaspor.

A Turkish footballer. He plays in midfield for Turkish team Bursaspor.

Is an Austrian footballer of Turkish origin, playing for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian Football Tea

Is an Austrian footballer of Turkish origin, playing for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian Football Team.The midfielder came to Rapid in 2004. On the 22nd of May 2005 he played his first match against Wüstenrot Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga at 16 years, 6 months, 19 days of age which makes him one of the youngest people ever to play there.

Is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays as defender for Zürich in the Swiss Super League. He j

Is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays as defender for Zürich in the Swiss Super League. He joined Zürich in January 2007 and was part of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team. Before, he played for HJK and VPS in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.

Is a former tennis player from Finland. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on t

Is a former tennis player from Finland. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 1 October 1990, when he became World number 48. His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1990 Australian Open, where he made it to t

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the third round of the men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) division to Venezuela's eventual silver medalist Bernardo Pi

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 1999. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympi

Is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 1999. He won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event.Lindström also won a silver in the team at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 in Planica.

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both t

Is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed the mid 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 1000 m and the K-4 1000 m events at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World C

Is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round, before failing to do so with China, henceforth earning the nickname of Miracle Worker[1],

Is a Montenegrin-Israeli professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1/2 in) tall, and

Is a Montenegrin-Israeli professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7 1/2 in) tall, and plays as a Forward. Radovic acquired Israeli citizenship while playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ness Raanana and during the 1990s and 2000s, and is mar

Is a Macedonian football midfielder who currently plays for Preston North End and the Macedonian nat

Is a Macedonian football midfielder who currently plays for Preston North End and the Macedonian national football team. He has been hailed as Macedonia's answer to Steven Gerrard or is simply known as "the Balkan Gerrard" by the English media and some fa

Is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He competed in the over 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Ath

Is a Bulgarian weightlifter. He competed in the over 105 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, his first Olympics, winning an Olympic bronze medal. After missing two clean and jerk attempts at 245 kg, he managed to lift a total of 447.5 kg, plac

Is a football defender from the Bulgaria currently playing for OFC Sliven 2000. His nickname is Crou

Is a football defender from the Bulgaria currently playing for OFC Sliven 2000. His nickname is Crouch.Velichko Velichkov started his career in home town Elhovo in local team FC Stefan Karadzha. With this team he played three years in Bulgarian amateur di

Was a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Was a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a basketball coach and former player from Croatia. He is the current coach of Cibona.Perasovic wa

Is a basketball coach and former player from Croatia. He is the current coach of Cibona.Perasovic was born in Split, in the former Yugoslavia, and grew up in the nearby Stobrec. He started playing basketball at the age of 14, and was soon recruited by KK Split, then named Jugoplastika, in 1981.

Is a former Croatian footballer and manager. Zajec began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, aged 1

Is a former Croatian footballer and manager. Zajec began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, aged 18. During 10 years at the club, he helped them to two domestic cup wins, as well as the league title, their first title honour in 24 years. He then transferred to Greek club Panathinaikos, for whom he was tremendously successful, playing over 100 games.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for PFC Chernomorets Burgas as a defender.

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for PFC Chernomorets Burgas as a defender.

Is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2008 was playing for FC Metalurh Donetsk. He is a winger a

Is a Bulgarian football player who, as of 2008 was playing for FC Metalurh Donetsk. He is a winger and his sharp dribling skills have made him an influential figure for PFC CSKA Sofia.

Is a former Bulgarian football player and the current manager of PFC Cherno More Varna. In his caree

Is a former Bulgarian football player and the current manager of PFC Cherno More Varna. In his career he has played for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Hebar Pazardzhik and Spartak Plovdiv.

Was a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 195

Was a Croat water polo player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.Bakašun was part of the Yugoslav team which was eliminated in the second round of the 1948 Olympic tournament. He played all three matche

Is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 2000 Summer Olympics.In 2000 he wa

Is a Serbian volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 2000 Summer Olympics.In 2000 he was a squad member of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.

Is a Montenegrin water polo player. His club achievements are: European Champion 2000 (Becej team),

Is a Montenegrin water polo player. His club achievements are: European Champion 2000 (Becej team), 4 times Yugoslav Champion (Budvanska rivijera and Becej) 4 times Yugoslav Cup Winner (Budvanska rivijera and Becej). Member of Yugoslav national water polo

Was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-fi

Was a Bulgarian football player. He was part of the Bulgarian national team that reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup. After coming through the ranks in Levski Sofia he moved to Botev Plovdiv and then sold to Espanyol and helped them win Segunda

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.

Was an Italian Olympic fencer.