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Elvīra Ozoliņa

1939 - Today

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Elvīra Anatoļjevna Ozoliņa (Russian: Эльвира Анатольевна Озолина, born 8 October 1939) is a retired Soviet javelin thrower. In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record of 55.98 m and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Between 1960 and 1963 she set three world records. In 1964 she became the first woman to surpass 60 m (61.38 m, at Soviet Championships), but this result was not ratified as a world record by IAAF. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elvīra Ozoliņa has received more than 26,721 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Elvīra Ozoliņa is the 108th most popular athlete (down from 71st in 2019), the 836th most popular biography from Russia (down from 812th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 108 out of 6,025. Before her are Josy Barthel, Eddie Eagan, Erika, Armin Hary, Heather Armitage, and Gustav Flatow. After her are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Paulinho, Ralph Rose, Dora Ratjen, Frank Jarvis, and Viktor Mamatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 158. Before her are Janusz Gajos, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Vladimir Menshov, Jason Miller, Ali Farka Touré, and Ignacio Zoco. After her are Frank Vincent, Donald Adamson, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Karen Black, Takako Shimazu, and Glauber Rocha.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 836 out of 3,761. Before her are Ivan Mosjoukine (1889), Vyacheslav von Plehve (1846), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Slava Metreveli (1936), and Ivan Vinogradov (1891). After her are Irina Rodnina (1949), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Semyon Bogdanov (1894), Nikolai Andrianov (1952), Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (1896), and Otto Hesse (1811).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Elvīra Ozoliņa ranks 7. Before her are Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Yuriy Sedykh (1955), Yelena Isinbayeva (1982), Vera Krepkina (1933), and Irena Szewińska (1946). After her are Viktor Mamatov (1937), Pyotr Bolotnikov (1930), Aleksandr Privalov (1933), Galina Zybina (1931), Vsevolod Bobrov (1922), and Natalya Lisovskaya (1962).

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