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Anzhela Balakhonova

1972 - Today

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Anzhela Anatoliyivna Balakhonova (Ukrainian: Анжела Анатоліївна Балахонова; born 18 December 1972) is a retired female pole vaulter from Ukraine who won the silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. She held the European record, and formerly held the world indoor record. She finished 6th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Anzhela Balakhonova is the 2,854th most popular athlete (down from 2,615th in 2024), the 1,090th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,061st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Ukrainian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Anzhela Balakhonova ranks 2,854 out of 6,025. Before her are Patriz Ilg, Hagen Melzer, Liu Yang, Marc-André Fleury, Steffi Nerius, and Ivan Ivanov. After her are Mike Boit, Renzo Gracie, Tom Walsh, Antonio Vázquez, Millard Hampton, and Kurt Meier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Anzhela Balakhonova ranks 651. Before her are Brigitta Boccoli, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Steffi Nerius, Nadja Uhl, Go Oiwa, and Takahiro Yamada. After her are Hiroshige Yanagimoto, Bledar Sejko, Ergün Penbe, Paolo Bacigalupi, Shinobu Terajima, and Mart Poom.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Anzhela Balakhonova ranks 1,090 out of 1,365. Before her are Olena Zubrilova (1973), Oleh Husyev (1983), Gregory Kaidanov (1959), Andrei Xepkin (1965), Viktor Bryzhin (1962), and Alyona Alyona (1991). After her are Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi (1974), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (1979), Eugene Vodolazkin (1964), Illia Kyva (1977), Pavel Gubarev (1983), and Dayana Yastremska (2000).

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Among ATHLETES In Ukraine

Among athletes born in Ukraine, Anzhela Balakhonova ranks 49. Before her are Oleksandr Bagach (1966), Heorhiy Pohosov (1960), Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (1972), Vasyl Arkhypenko (1957), Olena Zubrilova (1973), and Viktor Bryzhin (1962). After her are Olha Saladukha (1983), Mykola Milchev (1967), Vasil Yakusha (1958), Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (1995), Olena Sadovnycha (1967), and Vita Semerenko (1986).

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