Namesakes
Notable Athletes:
1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Yury Blinov 1949- 
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 bronze/gold, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver
(bronze) Yuriy Shlyapin (a.k.a. Yury) 1956 water polo
(gold/silver) Yury Tyukalov 1952; 1956; 1960 rowing
(silver) Yuriy Grigorovsky (a.k.a. Yury) 1960; 1968 water polo
(gold) Yury Mukhin 1992 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze/gold) Yury Berezhko 2008; 2012 volleyball
(gold) Yury Postrigay 2012 canoe sprint