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Igor Malkov

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Igor Alekseyevich Malkov (Russian: И́горь Алексе́евич Малко́в; born 9 February 1965 in Pervouralsk, Soviet Union) is a former speedskater. Igor Malkov trained at VSS Trud in Sverdlovsk. Skating for the USSR, he became Olympic 10,000 m Champion at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, only 0.05 seconds ahead of Tomas Gustafson, becoming the youngest male Olympic champion in the history of Olympic speed skating at an age of 19 years and 9 days. (The youngest female Olympic speedskater winner is American Anne Henning, who won the 500 m in 1972 at the age of 16.) Earlier at those Olympics, he had lost the 5,000 m race by only 0.02 seconds to Gustafson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Igor Malkov is the 3,129th most popular athlete (up from 3,404th in 2024), the 2,868th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,032nd in 2019) and the 181st most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Malkov ranks 3,129 out of 6,025. Before him are Ilya Markov, Mark Todd, Andreas Stähle, Beate Schramm, Niels van der Zwan, and Agostino Abbagnale. After him are Wang Hong, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Darrell Pace, Ildikó Mincza-Nébald, Austra Skujytė, and Violeta Ninova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Igor Malkov ranks 836. Before him are Frank Bello, Emanuele Crialese, Andrew J. Feustel, Ilija Trojanow, Günther Huber, and Andreas Stähle. After him are Wang Hong, Massimo Crippa, Hippolyt Kempf, Lynda Boyd, Leydy Pech, and Patricia Guerra.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Malkov ranks 2,868 out of 3,761. Before him are Alina Boz (1998), Ilya Markov (1972), Aliaskhab Kebekov (1972), Basta (1980), Ilia Averbukh (1973), and Olga Lyubimova (1980). After him are Timur Mutsurayev (1976), Sanasar Oganisyan (1960), Julia Vysotskaya (1973), Galina Timchenko (1962), Denis Istomin (1986), and Elena Bovina (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Igor Malkov ranks 181. Before him are Natalya Sadova (1972), Andreas Müller (null), Olena Kostevych (1985), Sergei Tchepikov (1967), Vyacheslav Voronin (1974), and Ilya Markov (1972). After him are Andrey Prokofyev (1959), Anna Biryukova (1967), Alina Ivanova (1969), Andrejus Zadneprovskis (1974), Inna Lasovskaya (1969), and Mariya Lasitskene (1993).

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