Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

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 Baltika Kaliningrad.

An Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He along with partner Jwala Gutta is the current

An Indian badminton player from Kozhikode, Kerala. He along with partner Jwala Gutta is the current National mixed-doubles champions and the pair is currently ranked 10th in the world by Badminton World Federation.[1]Diju started his career by representing Calicut University at All India University Championships. In 2002, he and Sanave Thomas won the Indian National Badminton Championships (doubles) at Lucknow by defeating Jaseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier in four games.[2] He won the Bitburger Open Championship in Germany along with Jwala Gutta. It was India's first mixed-doubles Grand Prix win. Diju is a four-time National mixed-doubles champion. In 2006, he won bronze medal in Commonwealth Games at Melbourne. He has also won the National doubles title in 2002 with Sanave Thomas as the partner.

Is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for Tartu Ülikool/Rock at the cen

Is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for Tartu Ülikool/Rock at the center position. Allingu started his senior club career with Korvpalli Meistriliiga teams like "Puuviljaparadiis" and KK Rakvere. In 2002 he joined with Tartu

Is an Indian weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. On 13 November 2010, he ranked 8th in the 2010 Asian

Is an Indian weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. On 13 November 2010, he ranked 8th in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in the Men's 56 kg category.

Is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for SC Brühl.Valmir was signed by FC Gossau in January 2007, an

Is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for SC Brühl.Valmir was signed by FC Gossau in January 2007, and won promotion in summer 2007 to Swiss Challenge League.

Is a Brazilian Left Back. He currently plays for Vasco da Gama.

Is a Brazilian Left Back. He currently plays for Vasco da Gama.

A football player from Spain. He plays midfielder for RCD Espanyol in La Liga.Valdo was born in the

A football player from Spain. He plays midfielder for RCD Espanyol in La Liga.Valdo was born in the region of Laciana in León where his parents had moved to, emigrating from Cape Verde to work in the coal mines. Valdo started his football career playing futsal for Pozuelo from Madrid until Real Madrid knocked on his door and signed him for their youth teams.

Is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for BC Rakvere Tarvas at the point

Is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for BC Rakvere Tarvas at the point guard/shooting guard position. Kriisa started his senior club career with "KK Tartu" team (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) in 1990 and after 96-97 season he moved to

Is a Croatian handball player.He played for the Croatia national handball team at the 1996 Summer Ol

Is a Croatian handball player.He played for the Croatia national handball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal.

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Vaduz.He is of Spanish descent, twinbrother fr

Is a Swiss football player. He currently plays for FC Vaduz.He is of Spanish descent, twinbrother from Yagó Bellón. He is former Switzerland U17-/U-19 nationalplayer.

Is a Cape Verdean international footballer who plays professionally as a midfielder for Portuguese s

Is a Cape Verdean international footballer who plays professionally as a midfielder for Portuguese side Santa Clara. He formerly played for Batuque in the Cape Verde, and made his international debut in 2009.

Is a Georgian footballer who plays for Mglebi Zugdidi.Guchua played for FC Samtredia in UEFA Cup 199

Is a Georgian footballer who plays for Mglebi Zugdidi.Guchua played for FC Samtredia in UEFA Cup 1995-96, FC Dinamo Tbilisi in UEFA Champions League 1998-99, FC Torpedo Kutaisi in UEFA Champions League 2002-03, Sioni Bolnisi in UEFA Cup 2003-04.

Is a Croatian team handball player at the goalkeeper position. Since 2007 he plays for the Spanish c

Is a Croatian team handball player at the goalkeeper position. Since 2007 he plays for the Spanish club Portland San Antonio.

Was an Estonian welterweight professional boxer, born in Tallinn, who competed in the 1930s. In the

Was an Estonian welterweight professional boxer, born in Tallinn, who competed in the 1930s. In the 1920s he took part 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Örgryte IS.

Is a Brazilian football player currently playing for Örgryte IS.

Was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Danish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three time (2006, 2007, 2009) Finnish silver medalist.

Is a Finnish figure skater. He is a three time (2006, 2007, 2009) Finnish silver medalist.

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward and Stanley cup winner, currently playing for the Detroit

A Finnish professional ice hockey forward and Stanley cup winner, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. He is also the younger brother of Ilari Filppula.Filppula started his hockey career with the Jokerit organization, and secured his place in the SM-liiga team in the 2003-04 season as an excellent offensive forward. He won the SM-liiga silver medal with Jokerit in 2005, and was set to become the team's number one center for the next season. However, Filppula headed across the Atlantic to play for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League. He was selected to play for PlanetUSA in the 2005–06 AHL All-Star Game.

Is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1961.

Is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1961.

Is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition.Humphries re

Is an Australian rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super 14 competition.Humphries returned to Australia in 2007 and played for the Western Sydney Rams in the ill-fated Australian Rugby Championship and was the form lock of the competition

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Winitsky enjoyed most of his tennis s

Is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Winitsky enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 11 times. Partnering Fritz Buehning in doubles

Holder played in the golden era of West Indian fast bowling. A fast-medium bowler, he bowled alongsi

Holder played in the golden era of West Indian fast bowling. A fast-medium bowler, he bowled alongside the likes of Charlie Griffith and Wes Hall.

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the seco

Is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 174 lbs. wide receiver from the University of Arizona, Johnson played his entire NFL career for the Broncos from 1985-1995.

Was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California. Vance Longden was the son of U.S. Ra

Was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California. Vance Longden was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden and his first wife, Helen. He was raised around horses and apprenticed with trainer William Molter. At age twenty-t

Is a former Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. He played sparingly in two brief

Is a former Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Mariners. He played sparingly in two brief major league stints in 1981 and 1982, batting .211 in 18 games.