The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Ukraine
This page contains a list of the greatest Ukrainian Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 2 of which were born in Ukraine. This makes Ukraine the birth place of the 16th most number of Volleyball Players behind Bulgaria, and Germany.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ukrainian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Ukrainian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Yuriy Poyarkov (1937 - 2017)
With an HPI of 45.35, Yuriy Poyarkov is the most famous Ukrainian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Yuriy Mikhaylovich Poyarkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Михайлович Поярков; 10 February 1937, in Kharkiv – 10 February 2017, in Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
2. Dmitry Muserskiy (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 42.53, Dmitry Muserskiy is the 2nd most famous Ukrainian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Muserskiy (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Мусэрский) (born 29 October 1988) is a Russian volleyball player of Ukrainian descent, member of the Russian national team and Japanese club, Suntory Sunbirds. 2012 Olympic Champion, 2011 World Cup winner, 2013 European Champion, and multiple World League medallist. Muserskiy is among the world's tallest athletes.
3. Nataliya Goncharova (b. 1989)
With an HPI of 30.01, Nataliya Goncharova is the 3rd most famous Ukrainian Volleyball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova (Russian: Наталия Олеговна Гончарова, born 1 June 1989), from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva, is a Russian volleyball player. She played for the Ukraine women's national volleyball team until 2010 when she became part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Ukrainian volleyball players born between 1937 and 1989. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ukrainian volleyball players include Dmitry Muserskiy, and Nataliya Goncharova. The most famous deceased Ukrainian volleyball players include Yuriy Poyarkov. As of April 2024, 1 new Ukrainian volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Nataliya Goncharova.
