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Vicki Draves
Vicki Draves (Victoria Manalo Draves, 1924-2010), Filipino-American diver, won 1948 Olympic gold in both 3m springboard and 10m platform, first woman to take the double and first Asian American woman Olympic medalist.
Victor Davis
Victor Davis was a Canadian breaststroke swimmer from Guelph, Ontario, who won 200-meter breaststroke gold in world record time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Victor Feddersen
Victor Alexander Feddersen, Danish rower born 1968 in Gentofte, stroke of the Guldfireren lightweight four; Olympic gold Atlanta 1996, bronze Sydney 2000, world champion 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Victor Reneischi
Victor Reneischi, born 1967 in Babruysk, is a Belarusian sprint canoeist who with Nicolae Juravschi won two Olympic golds in 1988 and silver for Moldova in 1996.
Victoria Arlen
Victoria Arlen, American Paralympic swimmer and ESPN host; won gold and three silvers at London 2012 after a four-year vegetative state, later walked again, wrote Locked In, and competed on Dancing with the Stars.
Victoria Poon
Victoria Poon (Cheuk Yuen Poon), Canadian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1984 in Hong Kong; Olympian at Beijing 2008 and London 2012; 2009 short course 4x100 medley relay world record holder; Commonwealth, Pan Pacific, and 2015 world bronze medallist.
Victoria Stefania Petreanu
Victoria Stefania Petreanu (born 2003, Constanta) is a Romanian rowing coxswain; Olympic gold in the women's eight at Paris 2024, world titles 2022, 2023, and in the mixed eight 2025 and 2026.
Vieux Boucau Surf Club
Vieux Boucau Surf Club (VBSC) is a French surf club and FFS-labelled surf school founded in 1973 on the Plage des Sablères dune in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes, offering year-round training, courses, and competition, distinct from the town's commercial surf schools.
Vikt'or K'rat'asiuk'i
Viktor Kratasyuk (ვიქტორ კრატასიუკი, 1949–2003), Georgian Soviet sprint kayaker; Olympic gold in K2 1000 m at Munich 1972 with Nikolai Gorbachev in 3:31.23; twice USSR champion.
Viktor Rasovic
Viktor Rasovic (Виктор Рашовић, born 1993), Serbian water polo defender, 2024 Olympic champion, 2013 Champions League winner with Crvena Zvezda, brother of Strahinja Rasovic, now at Radnički Kragujevac.
Viola Goretzki
Viola Goretzki (later Landvoigt), born 1956 in Zwickau, is a retired East German rower, 1976 Montreal Olympic champion in the women's coxed eight (3:33.32) and 1975 world champion, wife of rower Bernd Landvoigt.
Viorel Talapan
Viorel Talapan, born 1972, is a Romanian rower who won gold in the coxed four and silver in the men's eight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Viorica Ioja
Viorica Ioja (Viorica Ioja-Vereș, also Ibolya Jozsa-Veres), Romanian rowing coxswain born 1962 in Uivar. Won 1984 Olympic gold in coxed four and silver in eight; world champion 1986.
Viorica Susanu
Viorica Susanu, Romanian rower born 1975 in Galați, four-time Olympic champion (eight 2000, 2004; coxless pair 2004, 2008 with Georgeta Andrunache) plus one bronze, five world titles, World Best Time 6:53.80 in the 2002 pair.
Virgil Jacomini
Virgil Victor Jacomini (1899-1984), American rower and US Naval Academy graduate who won gold in the men's eight at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, then left the Navy in 1923 to work as an engineer.
Virginia Duenkel
Ginny Duenkel (Virginia Ruth Duenkel, later Fuldner), American swimmer born 1947 in Orange, New Jersey; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m freestyle (4:43.3 OR) and 100 m backstroke bronze medalist; held the 100 m backstroke world record (1:08.3) in 1964.
Vitaly Dyrdyra
Vitaly Dyrdyra (Віталій Дирдира, 1938–2024), Ukrainian-born Soviet sailor; with Valentin Mankin won the first Olympic Tempest-class gold at Munich 1972; USSR champion in Finn and Tempest classes.
Vitaly Sorokin
Vitaly Ivanovich Sorokin (Виталий Иванович Сорокин, 1935–1995), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Leningrad; 1956 Olympic bronze in the 4x200 m relay and a pre-Games world record of 8:24.5; later coached Olympic champion Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova.
Vitezslav Svozil
Vitezslav Svozil (Vítězslav Svozil), Czech breaststroke swimmer born 1933 in Olomouc; set the 100 m breaststroke world record 1:12.7 in 1957, swam at Rome 1960, and won five Masters world titles.
Viveiro Surf Escola
Viveiro Surf Escola (Viveiro & Ortegal Surf Escola) is a surf, paddleboard, and bodyboard school in Viveiro, Lugo, Galicia, based at Covas beach, led by Uxío Rodríguez, with a competitive youth program and a sister school in Espasante.
Vlada Chigiryova
Vlada Chigiryova (Влада Чигирёва), Russian artistic swimmer born 1994 in Rostov-on-Don; two-time Olympic team gold medalist (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 11-time world champion, later a Match TV commentator on the sport.
Vladas Cesiunas
Vladas Česiūnas (Vladislovas Česiūnas, 1940–2023), Lithuanian sprint canoer for the Soviet Union; 1972 Munich Olympic gold in C-2 1,000 m with Yury Lobanov, four world titles, and a disputed 1979 West German defection case.
Vladimir Hopka
Vladimír Hopka (1937–2025), Slovak butterfly swimmer of Slávia UK and Slávia SVŠT Bratislava; set the 100 m butterfly European record (1:01.2, Leipzig 1961) and a 1:00.3 short-course best world performance (Bremen 1962); 22 national records, seven-time Czechoslovak champion.
Vladimir Kosinsky
Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (Владимир Иванович Косинский), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, 1968 Olympic double silver and relay bronze medalist, world record holder in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, three-time Olympian.
Vladimir Minashkin
Vladimir Minashkin (Владимир Минашкин) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who set several world records in the 100 m breaststroke and won 1958 European relay gold.
Vladimir Morozov (olympedia 10989)
Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov (Владимир Иванович Морозов, 1940-2023), Soviet sprint canoeist, three straight Olympic K-4/K-2 1000 m golds 1964-1972; distinct from his 1952-born namesake, the 1976 Olympic canoe champion.
Vladimir Morozov (olympedia 120660)
Vladimir Morozov (Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov, Владимир Викторович Морозов; born 1992, Novosibirsk) is a Russian sprint swimmer, Olympedia athlete 120660, with 2012 Olympic relay bronze, three Games, and short-course world records; distinct from the canoeist and figure skater of the same name.
Vladimir Parfenovich
Vladimir Parfenovich (Владимир Парфенович), born 1958 in Minsk, Soviet-Belarusian sprint kayaker; won three golds at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (K1 500, K2 500, K2 1000 with Chukhray), a first in the sport, plus nine world titles.
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Vladimir Pyshnenko (Владимир Васильевич Пышненко), Russian freestyle swimmer born 1970 in Rostov-on-Don; 1992 Olympic 4x200 m relay gold in world record 7:11.95 for the Unified Team, three Olympic silvers, later a masters coach in Illinois.
Vladimir Romanovsky
Vladimir Romanovsky (Владимир Вацлавович Романовский, 1957–2013), Soviet Belarusian sprint canoeist: 1976 Olympic K2 1000 m gold and K2 500 m silver with Sergey Nagorny, later world 10,000 m champion.