Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala. He made h

Is a Russian professional footballer. As of April 2009, he plays for FC Anzhi Makhachkala. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Alania Vladikavkaz.

Was a football forward player from Peru, Nicknamed Tanque de Casma. Recognized as one of Peru's most

Was a football forward player from Peru, Nicknamed Tanque de Casma. Recognized as one of Peru's most important players, he was an all round forward being a magnificent finisher, very strong, great at positioning and most of all brilliant in the air.

Is an American former female professional tennis player. She started off as an amateur player at the

Is an American former female professional tennis player. She started off as an amateur player at the beginning of the 1970s before turning professional. She is most famous for being one of the so-called "Original 9" along with eight of her fellow players,

An American professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val. She is currently

An American professional wrestling valet, better known by her ring name, SoCal Val. She is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a ring girl.After she was "discovered" while attending a local wrestling event, Valerie Wyndham debuted on March 30, 2002 for the Golden State Championship Wrestling independent promotion as the manager of Pinoy Boy, who she promptly betrayed by berating him after he was defeated by Scott Lost and then leaving with Lost. She appeared for several other promotions in Southern California before her family moved across the country to Orlando

Is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won

Is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate Shauna Rohbock.

Is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion. She

Is a shot putter from New Zealand. She is the reigning Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion. She also currently holds the New Zealand, Oceanian and Commonwealth records for the shot put with a personal best of 21.07 m.

Is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence soccer club.She

Is an American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Philadelphia Independence soccer club.She played four seasons as the starting goalkeeper for the UCLA women's soccer team from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team and the Los Angeles Sol.

Is a Chadian professional football player, who plays for Tourbillon de N'Djamena. He has played for

Is a Chadian professional football player, who plays for Tourbillon de N'Djamena. He has played for the Chad national football team.

Is a female boxer who is a former world Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion. Known as

Is a female boxer who is a former world Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion. Known as "The Big Bad Wolfe", Mahfood is known in the boxing world by her brawling style of fighting, and by her traditional trademark purple mohawk. Mahfood began

Is a German rower.

Is a German rower.

Is a retired athlete from New Zealand, who won 7 medals in the Shot Put and Discus events at the Com

Is a retired athlete from New Zealand, who won 7 medals in the Shot Put and Discus events at the Commonwealth Games.She competed at the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1974 Commonwealth Games where she won her medals. She also competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Oly

Is a Russian ice dancer. He competes with Valeria Zenkova. They placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Juni

Is a Russian ice dancer. He competes with Valeria Zenkova. They placed 10th at the 2008 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships

Is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal fo

Is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His clubs include FC Skonto (1995-1997), Uralan Elista, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Volgar GazProm Astrakhan.

Is an Italian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.

Is an Italian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas.

Was an Italian football goalkeeper from Vado Ligure, Savona. He started his career off withhome prov

Was an Italian football goalkeeper from Vado Ligure, Savona. He started his career off withhome province side Savona. After a brief spell at Genoa he moved to Torino where he won Serie A four times in a row.Bacigalupo came from a footballing family as his older brother Manlio Bacigalupo also played. Valerio earned a call up to the Italian national football team five times. He died in the Superga air disaster with most of the Il Grande Torino line-up.

An Italian footballer, who plays as a defender for A.C. Siena of Serie A..He started his professiona

An Italian footballer, who plays as a defender for A.C. Siena of Serie A..He started his professional career in season 1990-1991 for Alessandria of Italian Serie C2. He joined Udinese in 1993, quickly becoming a historical masterpiece for the team, of which he will be a player until 2010. He is the Udinese player with the highest number of matches played for the team ever. He moved to Siena in July 2006.

Is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

Is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Checchi finished 18th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event and 36th in the 15 km event. Checchi's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championsh

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.

Is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.

An Italian football defender, currently on the books of Mantova.Di Cesare moved his first footsteps

An Italian football defender, currently on the books of Mantova.Di Cesare moved his first footsteps into Lazio's youth system. During the summer of 2001 he accepted an offer from English side Chelsea, initially joining the blues' reserve team.[1] He however failed to break into the first team, and left England on January 2004 without to make a single league appearance

A retired Italian goalkeeper who played for Serie A club A.C. Milan.Fiori is currently retired from

A retired Italian goalkeeper who played for Serie A club A.C. Milan.Fiori is currently retired from professional football and will pursue a career in law. He has made only two official appearances in eight seasons with the club: a 4-2 loss in Serie A to Piacenza Calcio, and a 1-0 Coppa Italia win over U.C. Sampdoria as a first-half injury replacement for Christian Abbiati. Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani stated that Fiori's lengthy stint at the club, despite his lack of playing time, was due to his professional conduct.

An Italian football defender.

An Italian football defender.

Is a Swiss cross country skier who has been competing since 2001. He finished 38th in the individual

Is a Swiss cross country skier who has been competing since 2001. He finished 38th in the individual sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Leccardi finished 16th in the team sprin

Is a Fijian former international footballer who played as a defender. He spent his entire career pla

Is a Fijian former international footballer who played as a defender. He spent his entire career playing for Ba in the National Football League. Between 1997 and 2002, he won seven caps and scored two goals for his country.

Is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the s

Is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

An Italian footballer, currently contracted with AS Roma.A product of the AS Roma youth academy and

An Italian footballer, currently contracted with AS Roma.A product of the AS Roma youth academy and one of the bright prospects of the giallorossi, Virga usually plays as midfielder. He made his Serie A debut on April 10, 2005, in an away league match against Udinese Calcio which ended in a 3–3 draw. He made six appearances in season 2004–2005, but never scored a goal.In 2005–2006, he was signed by Palermo in a co-ownership agreement with AS Roma, and then loaned to newly-promoted top-flight team Ascoli, being however soon relegated to the youth squad without playing a game. He returned to AS Roma in 2006–2007.