Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is an amateur boxer from the Philippines best known to win the Asian Games 2006 at flyweight.At the

Is an amateur boxer from the Philippines best known to win the Asian Games 2006 at flyweight.At the 2002 Asian Games he beat Tulashboy Doniyorov but lost to Noman Karim. He competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the Flyweight (– 48 kg) division but lost his bout in the round of 32 to Tulashboy Doniyorov of Uzbekistan, 36-26. Payla qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines. In the final he defeated South Korea's Kim Ki-Suk.

Best known as Daniela Silivas, is a Romanian gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals (thre

Best known as Daniela Silivas, is a Romanian gymnast who is most famous for winning six medals (three gold, two silver, and one bronze) in women's artistic gymnastics at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea

A retired Romanian football (soccer) forward, who was a key part of the Romanian national team in th

A retired Romanian football (soccer) forward, who was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He is currently the sporting director of FC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni.On the club level, Moldovan played for Gloria Bistrita (1990-93), Dinamo Bucuresti (1993-95), Neuchâtel Xamax (1995-96), Grasshoppers (1996-98), Coventry City (1998), Fenerbahçe (1998-2000), Nantes (2000-04), Servette (2004-05), Poli Timisoara (2005), and Rapid Bucuresti (2006-2007). The most successful years of his career occurred while playing for Fenerbahçe between 1998 and 2000 and for Nantes between 2000 and 2004

A Romanian footballer who currently plays for Sportul Studentesc as a midfielder.Ferfelea made his d

A Romanian footballer who currently plays for Sportul Studentesc as a midfielder.Ferfelea made his debut for Sportul Studentesc in 2004, in a Liga 1 match against Dinamo Bucuresti. He is one of the top-scorers of his team, scoring nine goals in Liga 2's 2006-2007 season and four goals so far in the 2007- 2008 season. Viorel Ferfelea is also a former member of Romania national under-21 football team[1].

Is a Moldovan striker, currently playing in Russia for PFC Spartak Nalchik, on loan from Romanian si

Is a Moldovan striker, currently playing in Russia for PFC Spartak Nalchik, on loan from Romanian side CFR Cluj.

A Romanian football player. He was player-manager of Gloria Buzau, which he helped promote to Liga I

A Romanian football player. He was player-manager of Gloria Buzau, which he helped promote to Liga I during the 2006-07 season. Throughout his career, Viorel Ion played for several teams, including Otelul Galati, Steaua Bucuresti, VfL Bochum and Rapid Bucuresti.His Romanian first league debut took place in 1984, at the age of 17, playing for Gloria Buzau. In 1991 he left his club, at the time relegated to Liga II, for Otelul Galati. Nicknamed Vioara (Violin), he subsequently transferred to Steaua Bucuresti, winning 3 Romanian Champion titles with that team. From Steaua, he went on to play in the German Bundesliga for VfL Bochum. Upon his return to Romania,

Was a Romanian football player and coach.He is renowned as a coach for his interesting football expe

Was a Romanian football player and coach.He is renowned as a coach for his interesting football experiment, Morisca ("The Hand-Mill"), in which the strikers and midfielders swap places during the game. Mateianu was experimental throughout his coaching career, in the process revolutionizing Romanian football. To him a football team was before anything else a family.

Is an Albanian footballer currently playing for Energie Cottbus.Ervin Skela started his playing care

Is an Albanian footballer currently playing for Energie Cottbus.Ervin Skela started his playing career in Albania, from a young age he was involved in football. He started his professional career with his local team KS Flamurtari Vlorë, who at the time were one of the best teams in Albania. He was at the Vlorë based club for three years from 1992-1995, during his time there he was loaned out to SK Tirana in 1993 but returned soon after.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

Is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Ro

Is a former Romanian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Romanian handball team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics

Is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fourth in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992.

Is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eigh

Is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Is an Indian international cricketer. He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U

Is an Indian international cricketer. He was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008 and 2009 Indian Premi

Was the captain of India's national field hockey team. He is from Bombay. His local team is the Mara

Was the captain of India's national field hockey team. He is from Bombay. His local team is the Maratha Warriors. The midfielder made his international senior debut in May 2002, at a Four Nation Tournament in Adelaide. He studied at the St. Stanislaus Hig

Also known as "Viru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team

Also known as "Viru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-dayers) and 2001 (Tests). He is an extremely attacking right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right-arm off-spin bowler.

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served AFC Ajax and Cercle Brugge. He died at

Was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served AFC Ajax and Cercle Brugge. He died at the age of 20, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo.Joemankhan was known as one of the most talented Dutch footballers and was said to have a great future ahead of him. He was playing in the Ajax A1 youth team together with his buddy Dennis Bergkamp. During this period he was brought into Ajax first team squad where he did not yet make his professional debut, but was sidelined on the bench. He returned to the A1 squad, but he and Bergkamp both were relegated to the A2 due to unprofessional behaviour

Is a retired Estonian triple jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1994 European Indoor Championships,

Is a retired Estonian triple jumper.She finished eleventh at the 1994 European Indoor Championships,[1] eleventh at the 1995 World Indoor Championships[2] and fifth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships.[3] She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

Professional South African Welterweight boxer, kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Steve's

Professional South African Welterweight boxer, kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Steve's Gym in Cape Town, South Africa. He is former light-middleweight boxing champion, currently competing in K-1 MAX.

Was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknam

Was an American boxer who won the undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion from St. Louis. Akins was considered lanky, but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either

A Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between

A Joplin, Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing.

Is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.Vasquez began t

Is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.Vasquez began the 2006 season with Double-A Erie of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for ERA, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to Triple-A Toledo in early September 2006.He started the 2007 campaign in Toledo, but was called up to the major leagues in May to make a spot start in place of the Tigers' Jeremy Bonderman on May 11.[2]

Is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the

Is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1958, Trucks played for the Detroit Tigers (1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956), St. Louis Browns (1953), Chicago White Sox (1953-1955), Kansas City Athletics (1958) and New York Yankees (1958). He batted and threw right handed. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment

Is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He makes occasional on-air appearances on the Raw brand and works as a backstage booker and producer in the Florida Championship Wrestling developm

Is a Dutch athlete who started at the decathlon, but who is currently active mainly as a sprinter an

Is a Dutch athlete who started at the decathlon, but who is currently active mainly as a sprinter and a hurdler.

Was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Buddy Raines met with his greatest success training

Was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Buddy Raines met with his greatest success training horses for Donald Ross's Brandywine Stable. He had great success with Cochise, winning several important races between 1949 and 1951, including the Massach