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Galina Kulakova

1942 - Today

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Galina Alexeyevna Kulakova (Russian: Галина Алексеевна Кулакова, born 29 April 1942) is a Soviet-Russian former cross-country skier, arguably the best skier on distances shorter than 10 km in the early 1970s. She won four Olympic golds, two individual in 1972 and two relay golds in 1972 and 1976. She was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Winter Olympics, along with Ard Schenk of the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galina Kulakova has received more than 46,857 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Galina Kulakova is the 20th most popular skier, the 1,145th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,266th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Skier.

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  • 51.05

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Galina Kulakova ranks 20 out of 541Before her are Bjørn Wirkola, Toralf Engan, Marit Bjørgen, Marc Girardelli, Jiří Raška, and Franz Klammer. After her are Hanni Wenzel, Karl Schranz, Simon Ammann, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Kjetil André Aamodt, and Noriaki Kasai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Galina Kulakova ranks 289Before her are Vera Alentova, Andrew Robinson, Roberto Perfumo, Toyohiro Akiyama, Anatolijs Gorbunovs, and Gary Kildall. After her are Casimir Oyé-Mba, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Carol Lynley, Carlos Hathcock, Philip Catherine, and Alice Schwarzer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1,145 out of 3,262Before her are Alexander Sumarokov (1717), Vasily Agapkin (1884), Kaj Franck (1911), Vasily Rozanov (1856), Eino Rahja (1885), and Igor M. Diakonoff (1914). After her are Nilus of Sora (1433), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Gaito Gazdanov (1903), Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1942), Vasily Lazarev (1928), and Gamzat-bek (1789).

Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1After her are Raisa Smetanina (1952), Yelena Vyalbe (1968), Pavel Kolchin (1930), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Larisa Lazutina (1965), Lyubov Yegorova (1966), Alexey Prokurorov (1964), Alexander Bolshunov (1996), Dmitriy Vassiliev (1979), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), and Yuliya Chepalova (1976).