1942 - Today
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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Among skiers, Galina Kulakova ranks 20 out of 541. Before 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.
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 14
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 15
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 16
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 17
1941 - 2012
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 18
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 20
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 21
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 22
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 23
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 24
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 25
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1942, Galina Kulakova ranks 289. Before 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.
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 283
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 284
1942 - 2016
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 285
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 286
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 287
1942 - 1994
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 288
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 289
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 290
1942 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 291
1942 - 2019
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 292
1942 - 1999
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 293
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 294
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 295
Among people born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1,145 out of 3,262. Before 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).
1717 - 1777
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 1,139
1884 - 1964
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 1,140
1911 - 1989
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 1,141
1856 - 1919
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 1,142
1885 - 1936
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 1,143
1914 - 1999
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,144
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,145
1433 - 1508
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,146
1530 - 1612
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,147
1903 - 1971
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,148
1942 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,149
1928 - 1990
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 1,150
1789 - 1834
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 1,151
Among skiers born in Russia, Galina Kulakova ranks 1. After 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).
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 3
1930 - 2010
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 4
1931 - 2013
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 7
1964 - 2008
HPI: 36.53
Rank: 8
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 10
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.17
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 12