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Alexander Melentyev

1954 - 2015

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Alexander Remmovich Melentyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ре́ммович Меле́нтьев; 27 June 1954 – 16 February 2015) was a Soviet competitive sport shooter who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. The world record he set in 1980 remained unbeaten for 34 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Melentyev has received more than 13,736 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Melentyev is the 2,676th most popular athlete, the 2,720th most popular biography from Russia and the 160th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Alexander Melentyev ranks 2,676 out of 6,025Before him are Mark McKoy, Carmelita Jeter, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Rui Silva, Jefferson Pérez, and Sergey Makarov. After him are Kathrin Boron, Yuriy Bilonoh, Abel Antón, Wang Yang, Christian Schenk, and Qu Yunxia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alexander Melentyev ranks 661Before him are Arturo Rodas, James Gleick, Sammy McIlroy, Eberhard Rösch, Brad Cooper, and Amy Heckerling. After him are Willi Wülbeck, Willy Telavi, Sandie Jones, Aleksandr Tarkhanov, George Pérez, and George Church. Among people deceased in 2015, Alexander Melentyev ranks 518Before him are Jayne Meadows, Charles Correa, Taylor Negron, Eugenie Clark, Jonathan Crombie, and Aruna Shanbaug case. After him are Jimmy Hill, Sinan Şamil Sam, Pedro Zerolo, Sandy Berger, Irwin Keyes, and Camille Muffat.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Melentyev ranks 2,720 out of 3,761Before him are Marat Izmailov (1982), Alisa Galliamova (1972), Andrey Perlov (1961), Igor Andreev (1983), Zilya Valeeva (1952), and Sergey Makarov (1973). After him are Shamil Khisamutdinov (1950), Lev Psakhis (1958), Denis Manturov (1969), Sergei Tiviakov (1973), Darya Klishina (1991), and Yelena Yelesina (1970).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Alexander Melentyev ranks 160Before him are Tatyana Lysenko (1983), Yekaterina Fesenko (1958), Hugo González (null), Nikolay Bazhukov (1953), Andrey Perlov (1961), and Sergey Makarov (1973). After him are Darya Klishina (1991), Yelena Yelesina (1970), Svetlana Krivelyova (1969), Olga Chernyavskaya (1963), Andrejus Zadneprovskis (1974), and Sergei Mylnikov (1958).