Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Kazakhstani hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver me

Is a Kazakhstani hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and finished ninth at the 2006 World Cup. He also finished seventh in the 4x400 metres relay at the 2005 Summer Universiade.

Was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of

Was a Soviet alpinist and sculptor. He is noted for making the first ascent of the highest point of the Soviet Union - Stalin Peak (later renamed) (7495 m) on September 3, 1933 as a member of the 26th detachment of the Tajik-Pamir Sovnarkom expedition. At

Is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won a silver in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay even

Is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won a silver in the men's 4×100 metres freestyle relay event at the 2004 European Championships in Madrid, Spain. He represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was elimina

Is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier. He represents Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancou

Is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier. He represents Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. At the 2010 Games, Velichko earned his best finish of 11th in the 4 x 10 km relay.

Is a Russian foil fencer.

Is a Russian foil fencer.

Was a Soviet alpine skier who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics, in the 1960

Was a Soviet alpine skier who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics, in the 1960 Winter Olympics, and in the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at

Is a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympi

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team.

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympi

Is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Kazakhstan. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) for the Unified Team.

Is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles (one French

Is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles (one French Open and one Australian Open), four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the

Is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District,

Is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where his first trainer was Valery Ukhov. Dementyev's first international success was in 2001 at the Junior World Champions

Is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle at the European S

Is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle at the European SC Championships 2005 in Triest, Italy. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country.

Is a Russian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Is a Russian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Is an Uzbek sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he

Is an Uzbek sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow.

Was a ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow.

Is a long distance swimmer from Russia.

Is a long distance swimmer from Russia.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a boxer from the Soviet Union.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kaz

Was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, USSR.

Is a Russian footballer. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.

Is a Russian footballer. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow.

Is an Azerbaijani water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is an Azerbaijani water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

A Russian football (soccer) striker. He started his career in Russian minor leagues. In 2006 he made

A Russian football (soccer) striker. He started his career in Russian minor leagues. In 2006 he made his debut in Russian Premier League in Amkar Perm. Also he played for Russia national under-21 football team and Olympic national team, but they did't qualified to the football tournment of Beijing Olympic games. He currently plays for Krylya Sovetov Samara. He is 188 cm and 82 kg. He has been called up for the Russia national football team recently but has yet to make his debut.

Is a boxer from Russia best known to win two world titles 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight, and hi

Is a boxer from Russia best known to win two world titles 2001 and 2003 at light heavyweight, and him being a part of the 2005 Russian team at the Boxing World Cup.

Is a former speed skater who specialised in the sprint.Yevgeny Kulikov trained at Burevestnik Volunt

Is a former speed skater who specialised in the sprint.Yevgeny Kulikov trained at Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society. Competing for the Soviet Union he became the first to break the 38 seconds barrier on the 500 m in 1975 and over the course of the next