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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 52,095 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Galina Kulakova is the 49th most popular skier (down from 20th in 2019), the 1,574th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,143rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Skier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Galina Kulakova ranks 49 out of 817. Before her are Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Bojan Križaj, Marit Bjørgen, Vegard Ulvang, Tormod Knutsen, and Inger Aufles. After her are Jean Vuarnet, Bernhard Russi, Alf Andersen, Madeleine Berthod, Tina Maze, and Janne Ahonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Galina Kulakova ranks 390. Before her are Celso Amorim, José Serra, Reiner Schöne, Eric Shinseki, Krister Kristensson, and Tammy Faye Messner. After her are Uğur Mumcu, Mike Resnick, Gérard Pirès, Rubén Salazar Gómez, Marcia Wallace, and Želimir Žilnik.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1,574 out of 3,761. Before her are Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874), Osip Brik (1888), Pyotr Durnovo (1842), Savva Mamontov (1841), Yuri Shevchuk (1957), and Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711). After her are Peter Romanovsky (1892), Dmitry Furmanov (1891), Natalya Bondarchuk (1950), Gennady Khazanov (1945), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974), and Alexander Lebedev (1959).

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Among SKIERS In Russia

Among skiers born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 3. Before her are Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), and Alevtina Kolchina (1930). After her are Raisa Smetanina (1952), Pavel Kolchin (1930), Yelena Vyalbe (1968), Nikolay Anikin (1932), Larisa Lazutina (1965), Lyubov Yegorova (1966), Alexey Prokurorov (1964), Mikhail Devyatyarov (1959), and Tamara Tikhonova (1964).

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