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Igor Nikulin

1960 - 2021

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Igor Yuriyevich Nikulin (Russian: Игорь Юрьевич Никулин; 14 August 1960 – 7 November 2021) was a hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. Nikulin's U23 world record of 83.54 m, set 2 September 1982 in Athens, put him 2nd in the world of all time behind Sergey Litvinov's 83.98 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Nikulin has received more than 3,672 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Nikulin is the 2,129th most popular athlete (down from 413th in 2019), the 2,544th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,577th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Nikulin ranks 2,129 out of 6,025. Before him are Volker Fischer, Toimi Pitkänen, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Hwang Young-cho, Imre Farkas, and Stefan Lövgren. After him are Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Lisa Vittozzi, Jānis Ķipurs, Gerard Nijboer, Yury Sharov, and Walter Byron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Igor Nikulin ranks 518. Before him are Adrienne King, Natalia Bestemianova, Sergei Ponomarenko, Tomás Reñones, Uddhav Thackeray, and Richard Biggs. After him are Maia Panjikidze, Michelle Paver, Scott McCloud, Sergey Menyaylo, Diane Williams, and Carlos Alberto Santos. Among people deceased in 2021, Igor Nikulin ranks 626. Before him are T. B. Joshua, Samuel E. Wright, Catherine Tizard, Félix Salinas, Raúl Rivero, and Toshihiko Koga. After him are Bernd Nickel, Yury Sharov, Jane Withers, Mike Enzi, Georgi Dimitrov, and Paulias Matane.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Igor Nikulin ranks 2,544 out of 3,761. Before him are Natalia Bestemianova (1960), Igor Kolyvanov (1968), Renata Litvinova (1967), Anatoly Baidachny (1952), Natalia Shaposhnikova (1961), and Mikhail Porechenkov (1969). After him are Magomedsalam Magomedov (1964), Maria Kirilenko (1987), Yury Sharov (1939), Darya Dugina (1992), Ivan Urgant (1978), and Jasmin (1977).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Igor Nikulin ranks 120. Before him are Olga Mineyeva (1952), Yuriy Tyukalov (1930), Olga Yegorova (1972), Yevgeni Mayorov (1938), Vera Anisimova (1952), and Olga Kuzenkova (1970). After him are Yury Sharov (1939), Nikolay Sidorov (1956), Mikhail Burtsev (1956), Natalya Lebedeva (1949), Irina Nazarova (1957), and Yevgeniya Polyakova (1983).

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