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Denis Nizhegorodov

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Denis Gennadyevich Nizhegorodov (Russian: Денис Геннадьевич Нижегородов; born 26 July 1980) is a retired Russian race walker. Between 2008 and 2014 he held the world record over 50 km distance, with a time of 3:34:14. He competed in this event at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal, respectively. In May 2016, Nizhegorodov became one of 14 Russian athletes implicated in doping following the retesting of urine from the 2008 Olympic Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Denis Nizhegorodov is the 3,919th most popular athlete (down from 3,329th in 2024), the 3,122nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,009th in 2019) and the 231st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Denis Nizhegorodov ranks 3,919 out of 6,025. Before him are Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Iker Martínez de Lizarduy, Damir Burić, Colin Jackson, Guillaume LeBlanc, and Elisa Rigaudo. After him are Gry Østvik, André Domingos, Diána Igaly, Frantz Kruger, Vítězslav Veselý, and Beverley Goddard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Denis Nizhegorodov ranks 790. Before him are Andris Vaņins, Damir Burić, Cai Yun, Tai Orathai, Mikey Way, and Elisa Rigaudo. After him are David Arroyo, Akiko Morigami, Takuma Sugano, Jimmy Workman, Anri Jokhadze, and Claire Coffee.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Denis Nizhegorodov ranks 3,122 out of 3,761. Before him are Vyacheslav Maltsev (1964), Nikolay Alexeyev (1977), Eva Elfie (2000), Oksana Kazakova (1975), Tatiana Kotova (1985), and Diana Shnaider (2004). After him are Detsl (1983), Ramazan Şahin (1983), Jasmin (1977), Marat Ganeyev (1964), Rustam Orujov (1991), and Aiko (1999).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Denis Nizhegorodov ranks 231. Before him are Svetlana Petcherskaia (1968), Elena Khrustaleva (1980), Yelena Prokhorova (1978), Dmitry Vasilyev (1962), Tatyana Chernova (1988), and Bair Badënov (1976). After him are Rustam Orujov (1991), Staņislavs Olijars (1979), Valentina Tsybulskaya (1968), Hugo González (null), Svetlana Zakharova (1970), and Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (1965).

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