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Grigory Mkrtychan

1925 - 2003

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Grigory Mkrtychevich Mkrtychan (Armenian: Գրիգորի Մկրտչյան, Russian: Григорий Мкртычевич Мкртычан, 3 January 1925 – 14 February 2003) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey goalkeeper who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1956, the world title in 1954 and 1956 (combined with Olympics), and the European title in 1954–56. In retirement he worked as a head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow in 1960–62, and later took various administrative positions with Soviet and Russian sports committees; he also served as an ice hockey referee and official. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigory Mkrtychan has received more than 11,133 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Grigory Mkrtychan is the 1,809th most popular athlete (down from 1,011th in 2019), the 2,428th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,006th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Grigory Mkrtychan ranks 1,809 out of 6,025Before him are Alberto Cova, Charles Dumas, Viktor Markin, Rosa Kellner, Dietmar Mögenburg, and John Porter. After him are Harry Siljander, Herb McKenley, Émile Albrecht, Svetlana Masterkova, Janet Simpson, and Virginie Hériot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Grigory Mkrtychan ranks 486Before him are Ossi Reichert, Maxine Kumin, June Christy, G. William Miller, Günther Haase, and Gordon George Avery. After him are Eric Fleming, Martin David Kruskal, P. Bhanumathi, Swami Rama, Tom Dowd, and Colette Marchand. Among people deceased in 2003, Grigory Mkrtychan ranks 334Before him are Georgi Vladimov, Marie Maynard Daly, Vera Zorina, Tony Thompson, John Aston Sr., and Rachel Corrie. After him are Rajko Žižić, Trevor Ford, Sheb Wooley, Edward F. Moore, Eddie Thomson, and Fritz Spengler.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Grigory Mkrtychan ranks 2,428 out of 3,761Before him are Filipp Yankovsky (1968), Andrei Okounkov (1969), Nikolai Puchkov (1930), Ekaterina Kalinchuk (1922), Ivan Artobolevsky (1905), and Viktor Markin (1957). After him are Aleksandr Lenyov (1944), Svetlana Masterkova (1968), Denis Menchov (1978), Tatyana Talysheva (1937), Evgeny Lovchev (1949), and Rawil Gaynetdin (1959).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Grigory Mkrtychan ranks 97Before him are Yury Zaitsev (1951), Tatyana Lebedeva (1976), Ardalion Ignatyev (1930), Yelizaveta Bagryantseva (1929), Nikolai Puchkov (1930), and Viktor Markin (1957). After him are Svetlana Masterkova (1968), Tatyana Talysheva (1937), Ivan Kizimov (1928), Yelena Romanova (1963), Valentina Yegorova (1964), and Yelena Petushkova (1940).