Rivne, Ukraine
1. Victoria Kozlyuk Lagoyda (1991)
Blogger
Nutrition expert who provides health-conscious recipes as well as general thoughts on health, family and travel on her blog, All Things Victoria.
2. Natalya Pasichnyk (1971)
Swedish Musician
Acclaimed classical musician who won the Fifth Nordic Piano Competition in 1998 and the World Piano Competition in 1999.
3. Kateryna Dikidzhi (1991)
Olympic Swimmer
Kateryna Dikidzhi is a Ukrainian swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
4. Nataliya Mustafayeva (1985)
Olympic Rower
Nataliya Mustafayeva is an Azerbaijani rower. She competed in the single sculls race at the 2012 Summer Olympics and placed 6th in Final B and 12th overall.
5. Jan Kobylański (1923)
Polish-paraguayan Businessman
Jan Kobylański is a Polish-Paraguayan businessman. He is the founder of the Union of Polish Associations and Organizations in Latin America the largest Polish immigrant organization of South America. He...
6. Stanley Deser (Unknow)
American Physicist
Stanley Deser is an American physicist known for his contributions to general relativity. Currently he is the Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts. Deser earned his...
7. Olha Zemlyak (1990)
Ukrainian Athlete
Olha Zemlyak is a Ukrainian athlete who competes in the sprint with a personal best time of 51. 82 seconds at the 400 metres event. Zemlyak won the gold medal...
8. Ganna Khlistunova (1988)
Swimmer
Ganna Khlistunova is a Ukrainian swimmer who won one bronze and two gold medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships and 2007 World Aquatics Championships....
9. Yuriy Lutsenko (1964)
unknow
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko is a Ukrainian politician and statesman and former Minister of Internal Affairs. He occupied this post in the two Cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in Cabinets of...
10. Mira Spivak (1934)
Canadian Politician
Mira Spivak is a former member of the Canadian Senate representing the province of Manitoba. Born in Rivne Ukraine Spivak received a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Political Science...
11. Shmuel Shoresh (1913)
Israeli Politician
Shmuel Shoresh was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1955 until 1969.
12. Deniz Nazar (1980)
Olympic Swimmer
Dmytro Valeriyovych Nazarenko is a Ukrainian-born Turkish swimmer who specialized in individual medley events. He is a fifth-place finalist in the 400 m individual medley at the 2002 European Short...
13. Aleksandr Kosarev (1977)
Volleyball Player
Aleksandr Borisovich Kosarev is a volleyball player from Russia. He was born in Rivne. Kosarev competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece where Russia claimed the bronze medal...
14. Serhiy Honchar (1970)
Road Bicycle Racer
Serhiy Honchar is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion. In the 2006 Tour de France Honchar lead the general classification after...
15. Ambrosiy Chachua (1994)
Footballer
Ambrosiy Chachua is a professional Ukrainian football defender who currently plays for club FC Karpaty Lviv in Ukrainian Premier League. Chachua is the product of FC Veres Rivne and of...
16. Sergei Lishouk (1982)
Ukrainian Basketball Player
Sergei Lishchuk is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish League.
17. Oleh Kotelyukh (1979)
Footballer
Oleh Kotelyukh is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays in the Ukrainian First League for FC Zirka Kirovohrad. He joined Kryvbas from Borysfen in 2005. Kotelyukh was born on...
18. Alla Tsuper (1979)
Belarusian Freestyle Skier
Alla Petrovna Tsuper is a Ukrainian-born aerial skier representing Belarus. She was 5th at the 1998 Winter Olympics 9th at the 2002 Winter Olympics 10th at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
19. Vadym Slobodenyuk (1981)
Runner
Vadym Slobodenyuk is an Ukrainian runner. He competed in the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
20. Oleg Chuzhda (1963)
Cyclist
Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda or Czougeda born July 23 1963 Kiev Ukraine is a Soviet and Ukrainian cyclist. After a distinguished amateur career he turned professional in 1990.
