Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

A Belarusian shot putter.His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Minsk.

A Belarusian shot putter.His personal best throw is 21.14 metres, achieved in May 2003 in Minsk.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 Summer

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Soviet Russian footballer. Kovalyov played his only game for USSR on November 24, 1957 in a 19

Was a Soviet Russian footballer. Kovalyov played his only game for USSR on November 24, 1957 in a 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Poland.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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

Is a retied ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was also a member of the Soviet team for the Summit Series against Canada. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the Soviet Union. He trained at Dynamo in Dimitrovgrad. Yury compete

Was an Olympic weightlifter for the Soviet Union. He trained at Dynamo in Dimitrovgrad. Yury competed in the Middle-Heavyweight(90 kg), Sub-Heavyweight(100 kg) and Heavyweight(110 kg) weight classes during his career.

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.

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in

Is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1960 he was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic water polo competition. He played six matches

Is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician.

Is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer.

Is a Belarusian judoka.

Is a Belarusian judoka.

A Belarussian hammer thrower, coached by his father Victor Shayunou. Yury Shayunou has a personal be

A Belarussian hammer thrower, coached by his father Victor Shayunou. Yury Shayunou has a personal best of 80,72 meters with the 7,26 kg (or 16 lbs) implement, done in July 6, 2009 in Minsk at the Romuald Klim Trophy[1]. Yury Shayunou has an orthodox countering technique and relies on his controlled throwing, instead of overpowering the hammer with pure strength. He is therefore an efficient and reliable type of thrower, with a high lowest level in comparision to other hammer throwers of the same calibre.

Is an American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of "Yuri Shulman."Shulman s

Is an American chess grandmaster. He also goes by the alternate spelling of "Yuri Shulman."Shulman started formal chess lessons with coach Tamara Golovey when he was six years old. He went on to study under International Master Albert Kapengut at age 12,

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games.

Is a Soviet Olympic fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals at three different Olympic Games.

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

Is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Lokomotiv Moscow and Krylya Sovetov Moscow.

Is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atl

Is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.

Is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer, who was affiliated with Profsojuzy Samara. Mukhin is best kn

Is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer, who was affiliated with Profsojuzy Samara. Mukhin is best known for winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x200m Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona, alongside Vladimir Pyshnenko, Dmitry Lepikov,

A Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages FC Shakhtyor So

A Belarusian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he manages FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

A former Japanese baseball pitcher.Iriki attended the Perfect Liberty High School and Asia Universit

A former Japanese baseball pitcher.Iriki attended the Perfect Liberty High School and Asia University (Japan) before joining the Honda amateur baseball team. He was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants in 1996. In 1999, his older brother, Satoshi, was traded to the Giants from the Kintetsu Buffaloes, and the two were teammates from 1999-2000. In 2001, he led the team in wins (13), and appeared in the all-star game for the first time. His brother had also made it to the all-star game, pitching for the Yakult Swallows, and the Iriki brothers made back to back appearances in the all-star game. This was the first all-star sibling relay in Japanese baseball history.

Is a Chinese amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the

Is a Chinese amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 201 lb/91 kg division

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants.

Is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games at light he

Is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games at light heavyweight. He is not to be confused with middleweight Yudiel Nápoles.

Is an Ghanaian professional football player, who has been one of the most prolific goal scores in In

Is an Ghanaian professional football player, who has been one of the most prolific goal scores in Indian football. He is currently playing for Kingfisher East Bengal FC in the I-League as a forward. Before joining Kingfisher East Bengal, he had played for

Is a Malaysian footballer, who plays as a midfielder. He was born in Kangar, Perlis on 29 April 1976

Is a Malaysian footballer, who plays as a midfielder. He was born in Kangar, Perlis on 29 April 1976. He currently plays for and captains Perlis FA in the Malaysia Super League. He was formerly with Selangor FA, Selangor MPPJ and Perak FA.

Is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Al-Karamah. He played for Al Karamah in the

Is a Syrian football player who is currently playing for Al-Karamah. He played for Al Karamah in the 2008 AFC Champions League knockout stages.