Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Metallurg-Osk

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages FC Metallurg-Oskol Stary Oskol. As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Salyut Belgorod.

Is a Bulgarian volleyball player, current captain of the his country's national team.

Is a Bulgarian volleyball player, current captain of the his country's national team.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FK Vetra.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FK Vetra.

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Salyut Belgorod. He made his debut

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Salyut Belgorod. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2004 for FC Spartak Moscow. He played 5 games and scored 1 goal in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2004 for FC Spartak Moscow.

Is a Soviet-born Belarus sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. He later

Is a Soviet-born Belarus sprint canoer who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. He later became involved in politics for his home country of Belarus.

Is a Ukrainian chess master.Considered by many to be one of the more colourful characters on the che

Is a Ukrainian chess master.Considered by many to be one of the more colourful characters on the chess circuit, he has an extraordinary talent for rapid chess, which has been demonstrated at some of the world's most prestigious 'speed chess' tournaments.

Is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals in 4×100 m relay at the Olympic Games. He was

Is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals in 4×100 m relay at the Olympic Games. He was also 3 times Soviet champion outdoors, and 2 times indoor champion.

A retired Soviet football player and a Russian coach.Petrov made his debut for USSR on August 17, 19

A retired Soviet football player and a Russian coach.Petrov made his debut for USSR on August 17, 1960 in a friendly against East Germany.

Was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF

Was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess. He is most famous for being the fourth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1962 and 1965. He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship.

Was an alpine ski racer from California. His nickname, Spider, was given to him as a premature newbo

Was an alpine ski racer from California. His nickname, Spider, was given to him as a premature newborn by his father, as a result of his thin arms and legs, and the name stuck.The grandson of Croatian immigrants, Sabich was the middle child of Vladimir an

Was an American alpine ski racer. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the late 1960s and compete

Was an American alpine ski racer. He was a member of the U.S. Ski Team in the late 1960s and competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics; he was the pro ski racing champion in 1971 & 1972. Spider Sabich is buried in northern California in the Westwood Hills Memo

Is an Azerbaijani footballer. Brukhti played for Neftchi Baku as a defenseman from 1963 to 1972. He

Is an Azerbaijani footballer. Brukhti played for Neftchi Baku as a defenseman from 1963 to 1972. He was classified as a Master of Sport of the USSR in 1966 following Neftchi's third-place finish in the Soviet Top League that year.

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Irtys

Is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Irtysh Omsk. He made his professional debut in the Russian Second Division in 2006 for FC Krylia Sovetov-SOK Dimitrovgrad.

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of August 2009, he manages the Russ

Is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. As of August 2009, he manages the Russian Second Division team FC Sheksna Cherepovets.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second Le

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League B in 1990 for FC Znamya Arzamas.

Was a Soviet long distance runner. He is alternatively known as Volodymyr Kuts, the Ukrainian spelli

Was a Soviet long distance runner. He is alternatively known as Volodymyr Kuts, the Ukrainian spelling, as Kuts was born in Aleksino, which is in present-day Ukraine. Kuts, who was an army officer during his sportive career, was first noticed internationally in 1954. At the European Championships in Berne, he defeated the favourites - Czech star Emil Zátopek and Britain's Christopher Chataway - in the 5000 m, en passant setting a new world record.

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 Bashinformsvyaz-Dynamo Ufa.

Is a Russian footballer who currently plays for FC BATE in the Belarusian Premier League. Rzhevsky i

Is a Russian footballer who currently plays for FC BATE in the Belarusian Premier League. Rzhevsky is a defender. On 13 August 2008, Rzhevsky scored the decisive goal for FC BATE against Levski Sofia in the Third Round Qualifying for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League season, helping the Belarusians secure a 1:0 win in the match, which was played in Sofia. After a 1:1 draw in Barysaw, the Belarusian club progressed to the UEFA Champions League 2008-09 group stage for the first time in its history. Rzhevsky also played in Finland for YBK (Jakobstad BK) before he joined BATE in 2008.

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second Le

Is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1980 for FShM Moscow.

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal with his nationa

Is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Soviet Union, who won the bronze medal with his national side at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, behind India and Spain. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Is a Montenegrin footballer. He played for Real Sporting de Gijón, Málaga CF and Getafe CF.

Is a Montenegrin footballer. He played for Real Sporting de Gijón, Málaga CF and Getafe CF.

Is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals

Is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years.

Is a former Costa Rican soccer player who played his entire career with Deportivo Saprissa, during t

Is a former Costa Rican soccer player who played his entire career with Deportivo Saprissa, during the 1980s and 1990s.

Is a Russian-Uzbekistani footballer who is currently playing for FK Neftchi Farg'ona. Radkevich prev

Is a Russian-Uzbekistani footballer who is currently playing for FK Neftchi Farg'ona. Radkevich previously played for FC Rotor Volgograd in Russian Premier League as well as FC Ural and FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk in the Russian First Division. He is a member of the Uzbekistan national football team.

Is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He previously pla

Is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He previously played with the Los Angeles Clippers and Seattle SuperSonics.