Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a retired volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Ol

Is a retired volleyball player from Brazil, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's National Team.

Was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga

Was one of the first female pitchers in professional baseball history. Pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts Class AA minor league baseball team in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event (with Aino Kaisa Saarinen) at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games. Four years later in Vancouver, Kuitunen won another bronze, this time in the 4 x 5 km relay.

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed in 1995. Her best World Cup finish was 26th in a 15 km

Is a Finnish cross country skier who competed in 1995. Her best World Cup finish was 26th in a 15 km event in Japan that same year.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, Niemi finished 19th in the 5 km, 24th in the 30 km, 26th in the 15 km, and 31st in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit events.

Is a Finnish sprinter. His club team is Valkealan Kajo.Hongisto represented Finland at the 2008 Summ

Is a Finnish sprinter. His club team is Valkealan Kajo.Hongisto represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 200 metres and placed fourth in his first round heat in a time of 20.62 seconds. He did not improve his time in

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2002 Finnish national silver medalist. He competed for three s

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is the 2002 Finnish national silver medalist. He competed for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

Is an English professional cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He Joined Northamptonsh

Is an English professional cricketer currently playing for Northamptonshire. He Joined Northamptonshire on a 3 month trial basis on the 15 March 2010.

Is an Indian professional basketball player. He plays for the Young Cagers who compete at the FIBA A

Is an Indian professional basketball player. He plays for the Young Cagers who compete at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. Despite his young age, Bhriguvanshi has already competed in most of Asia’s most prestigious basketball events, including the Stankovic C

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. In 2009, he played in the Russian Second Division for FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk.

Is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.Anand won the FIDE World Chess C

Is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000, at a time when the world title was split. He became the undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. With this win, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament, and Match. He will next defend his title in the World Chess Championship 2009 against the winner of the challenger match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky.

An Indian archer, who won the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.

An Indian archer, who won the bronze medal in the team competition at the 2006 Asian Games.

Is a female badminton player from Indonesia. Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympi

Is a female badminton player from Indonesia. Marissa competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Nova Widianto. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Robert Blair and Natalie Munt of Great Britain in the second. In the quarterfinals, Marissa and Widianto lost to Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark 15-12, 15-8.

Was a Belgian football left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches in Jupiler Leagu

Was a Belgian football left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge (350 matches in Jupiler League with that club). He also played for SV Waregem, Gent and Cercle Brugge. Borkelmans played with Belgium and was in the team for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. In January 2010, he was appointed manager of Dender EH in the Belgian Second Division.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Vitebsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Smarhon.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Smarhon.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Neman Grodno.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

A Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2009, he plays for FC Naftan Novopolotsk.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Torpedo Armavir.

Is a retired Russian professional football player. He played his only Russian Premier League game on

Is a retired Russian professional football player. He played his only Russian Premier League game on the last game day of the 2000 season in a 4-3 victory by PFC CSKA Moscow over FC Lokomotiv Moscow, saving a penalty kick by Oleg Teryokhin.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Divi

Is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Volga Ulyanovsk.

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He made his

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of May 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2007 for FC Sochi-04.