Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team lar

Is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 12th in the individual normal hill at the 1993 championships.

Is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics fo

Is a retired male butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FF Jaro. He has also represen

Is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FF Jaro. He has also represented FC Honka and FC Hämeenlinna earlier in his career.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Finland, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for Atlantis FC in Helsinki in Finland.A st

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for Atlantis FC in Helsinki in Finland.A strong player, Kosonen plays as a forward and is 188 cm in height and weighs in at 88 kg.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

Is a Finnish pole vaulter.

A professional ice hockey goaltender currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey L

A professional ice hockey goaltender currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He is a butterfly style goaltender.Toskala was selected by San Jose in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft (4th round, 90th overall). The Sharks also took fellow Finn Miikka Kiprusoff in the fifth round. Toskala turned heads with his stellar play in the 1998–99 season with Ilves of the SM-liiga, where he went 21-12-0 with a 2.14 GAA and a 0.916 save percentage and posted five shutouts. The next season, playing a style that modeled after Markus Korhonen he played with Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien and posted an impressive 2.59 GAA. In one game with Färjestad, Toskala scored a goal. At this point, Toskala was not sure if he wanted to have a career in hockey. Wanting a more stable job, he was going to quit hockey altogether to go to school full-time, before San Jose enticed him to North America.

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FC Honka based i

Is a Finnish professional footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side FC Honka based in Tapiola in Finland. His surname Vasara means hammer in English.

Is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish

Is a professional ice hockey player. As of December, 2009, he is playing for Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga.

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who is currently playing as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoev

Is a Bulgarian footballer, who is currently playing as a goalkeeper for Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoevgrad. Ganev start to play football in local club Pirin. In June 2008 he is loaned for six months to FC Bansko. In January 2009 Ganev returned to Pirin. On

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a forward. He was raised

Is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a forward. He was raised in Lokomotiv Plovdiv's youth teams.

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Levski Sofia. His previous club

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Levski Sofia. His previous club was Botev Plovdiv. Veselin has a twin-brother that also is a footballer - the right defender of PFC CSKA Sofia Yordan Minev. On 28 August 2009, Veselin rec

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Varna as a left-sided defender. Penev start

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Spartak Varna as a left-sided defender. Penev started his career in his home town of Stara Zagora with the local team Beroe. He was raised in Beroe Stara Zagora's youth teams. Between 2003 and 2006, he play

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bansko as a striker. Stoykov previously played for

Is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bansko as a striker. Stoykov previously played for PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (1931) in the A PFG.

A Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the April 2008 FIDE rating list, he

A Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE world champion. In the April 2008 FIDE rating list, he is ranked fourth in the world with an Elo rating of 2767.[1] His current trainer and manager is International Master Silvio Danailov.Topalov became the FIDE World Chess Champion by winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005. Topalov was awarded the 2005 Chess Oscar.[2] In October 2006, Topalov had the second highest Elo rating of all time (2813).Topalov played Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in a twelve-game title unification match. The match was drawn at 6-6, but Topalov lost the tie-break 2.5-1.5.

Is a Bulgarian cross country skier who has competed since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vanco

Is a Bulgarian cross country skier who has competed since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 50th in the 15 km event while not finishing the 30 km mixed pursuit event. Tzinzov's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Kaliakra Kavarna. His first club

Is a Bulgarian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for PFC Kaliakra Kavarna. His first club was PFC Spartak Pleven. He came to Cherno more on a free transfer in early 2005.He plays in the centre of defense, when there are corners or free kicks he

Is a Bulgarian International football player, who currently plays for Rodopa Smolyan.

Is a Bulgarian International football player, who currently plays for Rodopa Smolyan.

Is a Bulgarian football defender who currently plays for Akademik Sofia.

Is a Bulgarian football defender who currently plays for Akademik Sofia.

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Is a Serbian football player, plays in assistant position, currently plays for Legia Warszawa. He is

Is a Serbian football player, plays in assistant position, currently plays for Legia Warszawa. He is 185 cm tall and weighs 84 kg.He started his football career in group local FK Sloga Požega (Požega). Later he moved to the club FK Becej, where in Serbian

Is a successful former water polo player and double Olympic winner at 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

Is a successful former water polo player and double Olympic winner at 1984 and 1988 Olympics.

Is a Bulgarian football defender, who currently plays for Nesebar in the Bulgarian B Professional Fo

Is a Bulgarian football defender, who currently plays for Nesebar in the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group.

Is a female volleyball player from Serbia, playing in several positions. She was a member and captai

Is a female volleyball player from Serbia, playing in several positions. She was a member and captain of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship in Japan and the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in