Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is an Angolan basketball player with the basketball side of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and

Is an Angolan basketball player with the basketball side of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto and Angola national basketball team. He stands 1.93 m (6'4") tall and plays as a guard. He competed for Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals at the 1

Is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won two medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Dynamo Vologda.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Dynamo Vologda.

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

A Russian footballer who currently plays for FC BATE in the Belarusian Premier League. Rzhevsky is a defender. Rzhevsky scored a famous goal against Levski Sofia for FC BATE in the Third Round Qualifying for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League season. FC BATE won the match, which was played in Sofia, 1-0.

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976

Is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

A retired javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus.His personal best was 87.40 met

A retired javelin thrower who represented the USSR and later Belarus.His personal best was 87.40 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Kuortane. He was suspended by the IAAF from August 2004 to August 2006.

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Russia, who won a total number of three silver medals at the Sum

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Russia, who won a total number of three silver medals at the Summer Olympics. His only individual medal came at his debut, at the Barcelona Games in 1992, in the 200 m backstroke.

Was a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Was a former Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union.

Was a goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s.Myshkin was

Was a goaltender for the Soviet Union's national ice hockey team in the 1970s and 1980s.Myshkin was born in Kirovo-Chepetsk, USSR. He was the back-up to legendary netminder Vladislav Tretiak.

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 Zvezda Serpukhov.

A retired Soviet football player.Basalayev made his debut for USSR on June 16, 1968 in a friendly ag

A retired Soviet football player.Basalayev made his debut for USSR on June 16, 1968 in a friendly against Austria.

Is a Russian football right winger who currently plays for FC Zenit St. Petersburg and Russia.Bystro

Is a Russian football right winger who currently plays for FC Zenit St. Petersburg and Russia.Bystrov made a big impact in the seven Euro 2008 qualifiers he played in, with his two goals so important to the Russian cause. His displays have not gone unnoticed in the last couple of years and he has been linked with moves to both the English Premier League and Germany's Bundesliga. Bystrov was included in Guus Hiddink's Euro 2008 squad.

Is a professional Russian footballer. Currently, he plays for PFC Spartak Nalchik on loan from FC Ru

Is a professional Russian footballer. Currently, he plays for PFC Spartak Nalchik on loan from FC Rubin Kazan. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2007 for FC Rubin Kazan.

Is a Russian footballer currently playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik.

Is a Russian footballer currently playing for PFC Spartak Nalchik.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Salyut Belgorod.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Salyut Belgorod.

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC

Is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Russian First Division for FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan.He played for the main squad of FC Rostov in the Russian Cup.

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 Amur Blagoveshchensk.

Was a Soviet/Russian speed skater.Shilykovsky competed internationally from 1956 to 1960, and took p

Was a Soviet/Russian speed skater.Shilykovsky competed internationally from 1956 to 1960, and took part in two Winter Olympics, both times in the 10,000 m. His best season was 1958, when he won the overall silver medal in both the European Championships a

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

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Dynamo Bryansk.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.

Is a Russian professional football player. As of August 2009, he plays for FC Lokomotiv-2 Moscow.

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Mosc

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

Is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlant

Is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of the C-2 500 m event and the semifinals of the C-2 1000 m event.

Is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Was a Russian Grandmaster of chess. He was three times Moscow champion (1947, 1956, and 1959), helpe

Was a Russian Grandmaster of chess. He was three times Moscow champion (1947, 1956, and 1959), helped to train Vasily Smyslov to the World Championship, and made many significant contributions to chess openings. He died of a heart attack while playing in