Ukrainian Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the 1980

Is a Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won a gold in the C-1 500 m event and a silver in the C-1 1000 m event.

A Belarusian figure skater. He is a four-time Belarusian national bronze medalist and two time natio

A Belarusian figure skater. He is a four-time Belarusian national bronze medalist and two time national silver medalist. He is a two-time competitor at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and a one-time competitor at the European Figure Skating Championships. His highest placement at an ISU championship was 16th at the 2003 Junior Worlds.

A Belarusian footballer currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He plays in defence and is the

A Belarusian footballer currently playing for FC Alania Vladikavkaz. He plays in defence and is the current captain for the Belarus national side.[1]He also played for Stoke City in the English League 1 from 1999-2001, during which time he became a fan favourite winning Fans Player of the Season in 2001.

Is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Sokil Kyiv in the Belarusian Extraleague

Is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Sokil Kyiv in the Belarusian Extraleague. He played 63 games in the NHL, for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues.

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Anna Zadorozhniuk. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian na

Is a Ukrainian ice dancer. He competes with Anna Zadorozhniuk. They are the 2009 & 2010 Ukrainian national champions. Verbillo previously skated with Alla Beknazarova.

A former football (soccer) player from Belarus, now coach.He played for the USSR national football t

A former football (soccer) player from Belarus, now coach.He played for the USSR national football team, making 77 appearances for the USSR, scoring six goals, from 1984-91, when USSR made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2. He also earned 4 caps for Belarus after the independence of Belarus.He joined F.C. Dinamo Minsk in 1981 and won the USSR championship the following season. The midfielder then joined Juventus F.C. in 1989, and won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia in 1990. He signed for U.S. Lecce in 1990, and in 1992 went to Japan to play for Gamba Osaka. He finished his career with Swedish side IK Oddevold in 1996.

Is a Belarusian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for HC Dynamo Minsk of the Kontin

Is a Belarusian professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for HC Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Ugarov was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Is a Ukrainian professional boxer in the junior middleweight (154 lb) division. He is the current WB

Is a Ukrainian professional boxer in the junior middleweight (154 lb) division. He is the current WBO super welterweight champion. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships losing in the final to Oleg Saitov. He al

A retired Belarusian hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.00 metres, achieved in May 1992

A retired Belarusian hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.00 metres, achieved in May 1992 in Stayki.

A former Belarusian footballer who played for the USSR in the 1980s.Having spent most of his youth a

A former Belarusian footballer who played for the USSR in the 1980s.Having spent most of his youth at Trudavay, he graduated to the FC Dinamo Minsk first team in 1979, where he was part of the team that won the Soviet championship in 1982 under manager Eduard Malofeev.He made his international debut against Finland on May 15, 1984 and, in his second international appearance on June 2, 1984, he came on as a substitute against England in a friendly at Wembley and scored the opening goal as the USSR won 2-0.[2] In the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship, he was a member of the Soviet Union squad, appearing in two of the Group B games as the Soviet Union headed the group (with England coming in last with three defeats); he also appeared in both the semi-final (when he was elbowed in the face by Italy's Ancelotti) and the final, where the Soviets were defeated 2-0 by the Netherlands, with goals from Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten.[3]

A boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) divisio

A boxer from Belarus, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark, alongside Bulgaria's Radoslav Suslekov.Bykovsky represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the Men's Ligt-Welterweight division by France's Nordine Mouichi.

Was a Ukrainian boxer, who won an Bantamweight Bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A year late

Was a Ukrainian boxer, who won an Bantamweight Bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he won the bronze medal in the same division.

Is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, whose father, Sergey Fesenko, Sr., was a gold med

Is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, whose father, Sergey Fesenko, Sr., was a gold medalist in the 200m Butterfly at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Fesenko himself competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and qualified for 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for his native country.

A Belarusian professional boxer who competes in the super featherweight division. He is the reigning

A Belarusian professional boxer who competes in the super featherweight division. He is the reigning European champion for the weight division.Gulyakevich made his professional debut in Minsk on 25 April 2003. He compiled a record of 15-0 fighting mainly in countries such as Belarus, Estonia and Russia before travelling to Monaco to defeat Tonto Tontchev for the WBA Inter-continental title on 20 July 2005. Two fights and two more victories followed the win over Tontchev to set Gulyakevich up for a shot at the full European title held by Scotsman Alex Arthur.[1]

Is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.

Is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.

A Ukrainian chess player. At the age of twelve years and seven months he became the youngest grandma

A Ukrainian chess player. At the age of twelve years and seven months he became the youngest grandmaster in history. On the FIDE ranking list of April 2008, he has a rating of 2727, making him number 15 in the world, number 2 in the category of boys up to 20 years old and number 2 in Ukraine.Karjakin learned to play chess when he was five years old and became an IM at age eleven. He first attracted attention in January 2002, when he was the official second of fellow Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov during the final of the 2002 FIDE World championship, though Karjakin had only just turned twelve at the time. By scoring GM norms at the Aeroflot tournament in Moscow later that month, the Alushta tournament in May 2002 and the international tournament in Sudak in August 2002

A Belarusian wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman

A Belarusian wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (90-100 kg) category.

Is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. Repeatedly voted the world's best athlete, he represented the S

Is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. Repeatedly voted the world's best athlete, he represented the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres (20 feet 1 3/4 inches), set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere, Italy and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Is a retired male weightlifter from Belarus, who competed in the men's lightweight class weight (–

Is a retired male weightlifter from Belarus, who competed in the men's lightweight class weight (– 69 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Is the Prime Minister of Belarus. He was appointed Acting Prime Minister on July 10, 2003 to replace

Is the Prime Minister of Belarus. He was appointed Acting Prime Minister on July 10, 2003 to replace the dismissed Gennady Novitsky, and was confirmed as permanent Prime Minister on December 19, 2003.

A former Soviet male swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.The arriving to the

A former Soviet male swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.The arriving to the first page of the world swimming of Sergey Kopliakov in 1979. coming behind Vladimir Salnikov, Andrei Krylov and Vladimir Rastakov, let Soviet Union get the level of the American giant, in the late 1970s in the lands of the male freestyle. For the history, Kopliakov will be the swimmer who ended 15 years of American domination in the 200 m. freestyle and first man ever going under 1'50" (on April 7 1979 he performed 1'49"83 in East Berlin).

Was a Belarusian artist and designer known for his creative posters and photography art work togethe

Was a Belarusian artist and designer known for his creative posters and photography art work together with his partner Vladimir Tsesler.

Is a Moldovan footballer. He is a forward who is currently playing for Moldovan champions FC Aarau i

Is a Moldovan footballer. He is a forward who is currently playing for Moldovan champions FC Aarau in Swiss Super League.On 3 March 2009, Norwegian champions Stabæk announced that Alexeev would attend a week long trial with the club.

Is a retired Moldovan football player who holds the record for most international appearances for hi

Is a retired Moldovan football player who holds the record for most international appearances for his country as well as the record for most goals scored in a single season by a foreigner in Israel.

Is a Moldovan-Russian football utility midfielder being able to play as a winger, full-back, attacki

Is a Moldovan-Russian football utility midfielder being able to play as a winger, full-back, attacking midfielder (main position) and as a second striker. A regular and a star player in the Moldovan senior squad, he currently plays for Spartak Moscow in t