Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter U

Is a Finnish professional volleyball player. During the 2008 season he played in the Finland Volleyb

Is a Finnish professional volleyball player. During the 2008 season he played in the Finland Volleyball league team Pielaveden Sampo. Sivula plays wing-spiker.Sivula started his career with his friends at seven years old. His first team was Kurun Ryhti, from Kuru. Soon his talent began to be recognized and Sivula started to play in Virtain Veikot, where he won two Finland Junior Championships.

Is a goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He w

Is a goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He was born in Käkisalmi, Finland. He played for TuTo and TPS. SM-liiga has named the goalie of the year award after him; the Urpo Ylönen trophy.

Is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 71 victories

Is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 71 victories.He was a racer of great speed, who participated both in road races as well as track cycling. In the latter, he was the world champion on numerous occasion

Is a Swiss football midfielder who currently plays for 1. FC Nuremberg. He is usually a winger can p

Is a Swiss football midfielder who currently plays for 1. FC Nuremberg. He is usually a winger can play in a variety of midfield positions as well as up front.He currently has 30 caps for the Swiss national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also participated at the 2004 European Football Championship.

Is an alpine skier who has represented both Switzerland and Moldova. He competed for Switzerland at

Is an alpine skier who has represented both Switzerland and Moldova. He competed for Switzerland at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he achieved his career best result; a fifth place finish in the slalom. In 2006, after a series of decling results he was k

Is a Swiss former alpine skier. Kälin won three silver medals in Giant Slalom: at the 1991 World Ch

Is a Swiss former alpine skier. Kälin won three silver medals in Giant Slalom: at the 1991 World Championships in Saalbach, at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and at 1996 World Championships in Sierra Nevada.

Is a Swiss former alpine skier. He won the downhill world championship's race in 1993 at Morioka Shi

Is a Swiss former alpine skier. He won the downhill world championship's race in 1993 at Morioka Shizukuishi but was never able to obtain a podium in a world cup race.

Is a former Swiss alpine skier. He also competed in two Olympic Downhill events. Firstly at the 198

Is a former Swiss alpine skier. He also competed in two Olympic Downhill events. Firstly at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, where he finished 18th in the Olympic downhill, and then in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo where he finished fifth

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early to mid 1980s.Salzmann also won two medals in the

Is a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early to mid 1980s.Salzmann also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1982 and a bronze in 1985.

Is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand

Is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand Tour events after finishing third in 1986 Tour de France and 1988 Giro d'Italia. He also won several stage races like Tour de Suisse, Dauphiné Libéré and

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s.

Is a former German biathlete. 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in), 57 kg (130 lb). She resides with her Swedish

Is a former German biathlete. 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in), 57 kg (130 lb). She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard. Their first child Hanna Ursula was born o

Is a Swiss snowboarder, World Champion in Parallel Giant Slalom in 2001 and 2003.

Is a Swiss snowboarder, World Champion in Parallel Giant Slalom in 2001 and 2003.

Is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein.

Is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein.

Is a German swimmer and Olympic champion.

Is a German swimmer and Olympic champion.

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team. She

Is a German footballer. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team. She played her debut with the German national team at Algarve Cup on 9 March 2007 against France.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australi

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.

Is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Michael Nemec, she represented Austria at the 1976 Winter O

Is an Austrian pair skater. With partner Michael Nemec, she represented Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 10th.

Is a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she was a member of

Is a German freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 she was a member of the German relay team that won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. Pollack swam in the semi-final and helped the team to qualify f

Is a Venezuelan fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympic

Is a Venezuelan fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a retired high jumper from Poland. She won four medals at the European Indoor Championships as we

Is a retired high jumper from Poland. She won four medals at the European Indoor Championships as well as an Olympic silver medal in 1980.

Is a Polish javelin thrower.She won bronze medals at the 2002 World Junior Championships and the 200

Is a Polish javelin thrower.She won bronze medals at the 2002 World Junior Championships and the 2007 Summer Universiade. She also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Is a retired Polish heptathlete. She also competed briefly in triple jump in the fledgling years of

Is a retired Polish heptathlete. She also competed briefly in triple jump in the fledgling years of the sport, and was a Polish record holder with 13.98 metres from July 1993 to July 2001.

Is a Dutch bobsledder born in Suriname. Rozenstruik started with international bobsleigh competition

Is a Dutch bobsledder born in Suriname. Rozenstruik started with international bobsleigh competitions in 2002. She is a runner in a 2-bob mostly alongside Eline Jurg.

Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30

Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4x100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bolt became the first man to win all three events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man in history to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "'Lightning' Bolt".[3]