Namesakes
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold, 1 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 silver
(silver) Konstantin Volkov 1980 pole vault 
(gold) Alexander Volkov 1988 basketball
(bronze/silver) Dmitry Volkov 1988; 1992 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze/gold) Aleksandr Volkov 2008; 2012 volleyball
(gold) Alexey Volkov 2014 biathlon